Naturally acquired simian retrovirus infections in central African hunters

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Volumn 363, Issue 9413, 2004, Pages 932-937

  Wolfe, Nathan D ^a   Switzer, William M ^b   Carr, Jean K ^c   Bhullar, Vinod B ^b   Shanmugam, Vedapuri ^b   Tamoufe, Ubald ^d   Prosser, A Tassy ^a   Torimiro, Judith N ^d   Wright, Anthony ^b   Mpoudi Ngole, Eitel ^d   McCutchan, Francine E ^a,c   Birx, Deborah L ^e   Folks, Thomas M ^b   Burke, Donald S ^a   Heneine, Walid ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c HENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Army Health Research Center   (Cameroon)

^e WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY FLUID; CAMEROON; CENTRAL AFRICA; CERCOPITHECUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOREST; GEOGRAPHY; GORILLA; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; RETROVIRUS INFECTION; RURAL AREA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; SIMIAN VIRUS; SPUMA VIRUS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 12144290751     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)15787-5     Document Type: Article

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