Can the level of immunosuppression in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients affect the reliability of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 2 serological diagnosis?

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 160-161

  Bassani, Sylvina ^a   Toro, Carlos ^a   Jiménez, Victoria ^a   Rodés, Berta ^a   Soriano, Vincent ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 2; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIXED INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIRUS INFECTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTIGENS, CD4; BLOTTING, WESTERN; HIV INFECTIONS; HTLV-II INFECTIONS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 2; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 33645129260     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.13.1.160-161.2006     Document Type: Article

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