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. 2014 Nov-Dec;18(6):689-90.
doi: 10.1016/j.bjid.2014.05.014. Epub 2014 Jul 25.

Low prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C virus co-infection in a medium size city in southern Brazil

Carina Sperotto Librelotto  1 , Daniel Simon  2 , Nilo Ikuta  1 , Vagner Ricardo Lunge  1
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Low prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C virus co-infection in a medium size city in southern Brazil

Carina Sperotto Librelotto et al. Braz J Infect Dis. 2014 Nov-Dec.
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