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AIDS in a Blood Bank Technician in Mexico City

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Samuel Ponce de Leon R
Affiliation:
Hospital Epidemiology Unit, Department of Infectious Diseases, Instituto National de la Nutricion, Salvador Zubiran, Mexico
Gerardo Sanchez-Mejorada
Affiliation:
Hospital Epidemiology Unit, Department of Infectious Diseases, Instituto National de la Nutricion, Salvador Zubiran, Mexico
Mussaret Zaidi-Jacobson
Affiliation:
Hospital Epidemiology Unit, Department of Infectious Diseases, Instituto National de la Nutricion, Salvador Zubiran, Mexico
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