The fight against Kaposi's sarcoma in aids - Lessons from Brazil

Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine

Volumn , Issue 26, 2007, Pages 53-55

  Caterino de Araujo, Adele ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AIDS PATIENT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; BRAZIL; DNA SEQUENCE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KAPOSI SARCOMA; PREVALENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; VIRUS SHEDDING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

EID: 34249065465     PISSN: 16089693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/sajhivmed.v8i1.632     Document Type: Review

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