A Rapid and Simple Colorimetric Test for the Study of Anti-HIV Agents

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1988, Pages 441-448

  Schwartz, Olivier ^a   Henin, Yvette ^a   Marechal, Valérie ^a   Montagnier, Luc ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; RIBAVIRIN; ZIDOVUDINE;

CELL CULTURE; COLORIMETRY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CELL LINE; COLORIMETRY; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT, VIRAL; FORMAZANS; HIV; HUMAN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RIBAVIRIN; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; THIAZOLES; VIRUS REPLICATION; ZIDOVUDINE;

EID: 0024207214     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: 19318405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.1988.4.441     Document Type: Article

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