Human bites: A rare risk factor for HIV transmission [1]

AIDS

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 631-632

  Bartholomew, Courtenay F ^a   Jones, Avion M ^a  

^a Medical Research Foundation of Trinidad and Tobago   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; BITE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOASSAY; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROCONVERSION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WESTERN BLOTTING; BITES AND STINGS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FATALITY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; BITES AND STINGS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33645416799     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aids.0000210621.13825.75     Document Type: Letter

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