Human Immunodeficiency Virus Seroprevalence among Inmates of the Penitentiary Complex of the Region of Campinas, State of São Paulo, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 479-483

  Osti, Neusa Maria ^a   Pestana De Castro, Antonio Fernando ^b   Ricci, Lucila Costallat ^c  

^a PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Campinas; Human immunodeficiency virus seroprevalence; Inmates

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRISONER;

ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRISONERS;

EID: 0041626062     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02761999000400009     Document Type: Article

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