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Dual HIV-1/HIV-2 reactivity in Italian I.V. drug abusers re-evaluated by synthetic peptide spot-test

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  1. Istituto di Virologia, Università di Milano, Via Pascal 38, 20133, Milano, Italy

    P. Ferroni, A. Tagger & M. Barbi

  2. Laboratorio di Microbiologia, Ospedale di Rho, Milano, Italy

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Ferroni, P., Tagger, A., Barbi, M. et al. Dual HIV-1/HIV-2 reactivity in Italian I.V. drug abusers re-evaluated by synthetic peptide spot-test. Eur J Epidemiol 5, 534–535 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00140154

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