Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is one of the most frequent causes of acquired
immunodepression. The World Health Organization intends to diagnose 90% of HIV infected
patients until 2020 (
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Publication history
Published online: April 23, 2020
Accepted:
April 8,
2020
Received:
October 12,
2019
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