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HTLV-II and a new endemic area for HTLV-I in Brazil

Edsun Duarte Moreira Junior; William Harrington Junior; Terezinha Tupinamhá Ribeiro; Ailton Melo; Carlos Brites; Roberto Badaró; Priscila Swanson; Helen Lee

DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86821992000200009


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 Endereço para correspondência:
Dr. Roberto Badaró
Laboratório de Retrovirus / HU Prof. Edgard Santos/ UFBA.
R João das Botas s/n, 6° andar.
40110-160
Salvador, BA.

 

 

Recebido para publicação em 27/01/92.

 

 

Laboratório de Retrovirus, Hospital Universitário Professor Edgard Santos. Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador BA, Brasil and University of Miami, Cornell University Medical College, New York, Abbott Laboratories, North Chicago, IL USA.
Supported by Grants AI 26506 and TW 0018 from the United Slates Public Health Service.