Prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus infection in alcoholics

To verify the prevalence of infection by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in alcoholics we studied 131 alcoholic patients (119 males and 12 females) with a mean age of 44.3 ± 10.8 years. Serum samples were collected from this group and analysed, by ELISA, for antibodies against HIV as well as for...

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Main Authors: Luiz Carlos Marques de Oliveira, Rômulo Gustavo Pereira, Ureliano Cintra Reis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2001-01-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762001000100003