Incidence of recent human immunodeficiency virus infection at two voluntary counseling testing centers in Pernambuco, Brazil, from 2006 to 2009

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2145-2146

  De Lima, Kledoaldo Oliveira ^a,b   Salustiano, Daniela Medeiros ^a,b   Coêlho, Maria Rosângela Cunha Duarte ^a   Cavalcanti, Ana Maria Salustiano ^a   Diaz, Ricardo Sobhie ^c   Lacerda, Heloísa Ramos ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b Departamento de Infectologia   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 84862080062     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.05107-11     Document Type: Article

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