Exposure to wild primates among HIV-infected persons

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1579-1582

  LeBreton, Matthew ^a   Yang, Otto ^b   Tamoufe, Ubald ^a   Mpoudi Ngole, Eitel ^c   Torimiro, Judith N ^a   Djoko, Cyrille F ^a   Carr, Jean K ^d   Prosser, A Tassy ^e   Rimoin, Anne W ^b   Birx, Deborah L ^e   Burke, Donald S ^f   Wolfe, Nathan D ^b,g  

^a Johns Hopkins Cameroon Program   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Army Health Research Center   (Cameroon)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMATE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 35548938638     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1310.070338     Document Type: Article

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