Cross-species transmissions of simian retroviruses in Africa and risk for human health

Lancet

Volumn 363, Issue 9413, 2004, Pages 911-912

  Peeters, Martine ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CELL LINEAGE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPECIES; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 1642412414     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)15819-4     Document Type: Note

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