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Detection of HIV antibodies in saliva as a tool for epidemiological studies

DOI

60

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0

References

1992

Year

Ruud van den Akker, Janet Hoek, Willem M.R. van den Akker, Herman Kooy, Evert Vijge, G. Roosendaal, Roel A. Coutinho, Anton M. van Loon
AIDS

Abstract

Our study demonstrates that 'whole saliva' specimens are a good alternative to blood samples in epidemiological studies of HIV prevalence in high-risk groups.