Detection of HIV type 1 env subtypes A, B, C, and E in Asia using dried blood spots: A new surveillance tool for molecular epidemiology

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 12, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 1435-1441

  Cassol, Sharon ^a   Weniger, Bruce G ^b   Babu, P George ^c   Salminen, Mika O ^d   Zheng, Xiwen ^e   Htoon, Myo Thet ^f,g   Delaney, Allen ^h   O'Shaughnessy, Michael ⁱ   Ou, Chin Yih ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^d HENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^f Department of Health ^*  (Myanmar)

^g WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

ⁱ BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIV AIDS   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; ENVELOPE GENE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS TYPING;

EID: 0029821566     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.1996.12.1435     Document Type: Article

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