Molecular evidence of human T-cell lymphotropic virus types 1 and 2 (HTLV-1 and HTLV-2) infections in HTLV seroindeterminate individuals from São Paulo, Brazil
✍ Scribed by José Marcos Pereira Costa; Aluisio Cotrim Segurado
- Book ID
- 116631536
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 522 KB
- Volume
- 44
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1386-6532
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