Suggested strategies for the laboratory diagnosis of HIV infection in Italy

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 34-41

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

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Diagnosis; Guideline; HIV; Italy

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ITALY; SERODIAGNOSIS;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; ALGORITHMS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; ITALY;

EID: 77949863076     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0021-25712010000100005     Document Type: Article

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