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Letter to the Editor

Active Hepatitis G Virus Infection in Perinatally HIV-Infected Children

Emanuele PontaliDepartment of Infectious DiseasesUniversity of Genoa, Italy.Correspondence[email protected].
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Paola PedemonteDepartment of Infectious DiseasesUniversity of Genoa, Italy.
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Federica ToscaniniDepartment of Infectious DiseasesUniversity of Genoa, Italy.
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Matteo BassettiDepartment of Infectious DiseasesUniversity of Genoa, Italy.
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Silvia BoniDepartment of Infectious DiseasesUniversity of Genoa, Italy.
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Dante BassettiDepartment of Infectious DiseasesUniversity of Genoa, Italy.
Pages 387-389 | Published online: 02 Feb 2015

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