Transmission of HIV-2

Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 683-684

  Gomes, Perpétua ^a,b   Abecasis, Ana ^a   Almeida, Mercedes ^a   Camacho, Ricardo ^a   Mansinho, Kamal ^a  

^a HOSPITAL EGAS MONIZ   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE EGAS MONIZ   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PARENTERAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SHORT SURVEY; SOLDIER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0242355084     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(03)00797-7     Document Type: Letter

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