HIV-positive immigrants in the Canary Islands, Spain: Implications for public health in Eurpoe

HIV Clinical Trials

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 184-192

  Holguín, Africa ^a   Álvarez, Amparo ^a   Pena, María José ^b   Artilles, Fernando ^b   Molina, Lourdes ^b   Soriano, Vincent ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GRAN CANARIA DR NEGRÍN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Envelope; Epidemiology; HIV; Protease; Reverse transcriptase; Spain; Subtypes

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; PROTEINASE; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GHANA; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRANT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LIBERIA; MALE; MAURITANIA; MOROCCO; NETHERLANDS ANTILLES; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SENEGAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIERRA LEONE; SPAIN; TOGO; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AFRICA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPAIN;

EID: 0037662635     PISSN: 15284336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/9X1G-MJ6L-PBJN-1PVE     Document Type: Article

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