Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection of human placenta: potential route for fetal infection
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Virology
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0022-538X,1098-5514
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.65.5.2231-2236.1991