HTLV-I in the General Population of Salvador, Brazil: A City with African Ethnic and Sociodemographic Characteristics

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 527-531

  Dourado, Inês ^a   Alcantara, Luiz C J ^b,c   Barreto, Mauricio L ^a   Teixeira, Maria Da Gloria ^a   Galvão Castro, Bernardo ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c Fundacao Desenvolvimento Ciencias   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; BLOOD DONORS; BRAZIL; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HTLV-I ANTIBODIES; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0344628807     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00126334-200312150-00013     Document Type: Article

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