HIV/HCV coinfection in infectious disease units in mozambique and Brazil: A comparative study

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 518-

  Rodrigues, Maria Da Conceição Viana ^a   Viotti, Júlia Bini ^b   Braga, Renata Felício ^b   Lourenço, Lívia Flávia Sebe ^b   Antunes, Carlos Maurício De Figueiredo ^b   Lambertucci, José Roberto ^b  

^a MAPUTO CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Mozambique)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOZAMBIQUE; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56549117170     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822008000500018     Document Type: Letter

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