The epidemic of HIV infection and AIDS, promotion of testing, and innovative strategies

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-23

  Suligoi, Barbara ^a   Raimondo, Mariangela ^a   Fanales Belasio, Emanuele ^a   Buttò, Stefano ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; Epidemiology; HIV; HIV seroprevalence; Infection transmission.

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; EUROPE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ITALY; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; EUROPE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; ITALY;

EID: 77949780466     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0021-25712010000100003     Document Type: Article

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