No evidence of antibody to human foamy virus in widespread human populations

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 12, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 1473-1483

  Ali, Munaf ^a   Taylor, Graham P ^a   Pitman, Richard J ^a   Parker, David ^b   Rethwilm, Axel ^c   Cheingsong Popov, Rachanee ^a   Weber, Jonathan N ^a   Bieniasz, Paul D ^a   Bradley, Jan ^d   McClure, Myra O ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Murex Biotech Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c Inst fur Virologie/Immunobiologie   (Germany)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAG PROTEIN; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ENVELOPE GENE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SERUM; SPUMA VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0029840258     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.1996.12.1473     Document Type: Article

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