Human Retroviruses (HIV and HTLV) in Brazilian Indians: Seroepidemiological Study and Molecular Epidemiology of HTLV Type 2 Isolates
✍ Scribed by Shindo, Nice; Alcantara, Luiz C.J.; Van Dooren, Sonia; Salemi, Marco; Costa, Maria C.R.; Kashima, Simone; Covas, Dimas T.; Teva, Antônio; Pellegrini, Marco; Brito, Ivo; Vandamme, Anne-Mieke; Galvão-Castro, Bernardo
- Book ID
- 118034729
- Publisher
- Mary Ann Liebert
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 226 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0889-2229
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