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Unexpected high prevalence of hepatitis B and HIV infections in Malian medical students

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  1. Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, Laboratoire de Microbiologie de l’hôpital du point G, Bamako, Mali

    I. Maïga

  2. UMR 7565 UHP-CNRS, Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Virologie, Faculté de Médecine et Laboratoire de Virologie, Hôpital Adultes Nancy Brabois, 54511, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy cedex, France

    I. Maïga, A. Le Faou & V. Venard

  3. Institute of Immunology, Laboratoire National de Santé, PO Box 1102, 1011, Luxembourg

    C. P. Muller

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Maïga, I., Le Faou, A., Muller, C.P. et al. Unexpected high prevalence of hepatitis B and HIV infections in Malian medical students. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 24, 501–502 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-005-1359-x

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