Genetic and phylogenetic analysis of HIV type 1 env subtypes in Ghana, West Africa

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 12, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 1575-1578

  Ishikawa, K ^a,b   Janssens, W ^b   Brandful, J ^c   Heyndrickx, L ^b   Takebe, Y ^a   Ampofo, W ^c   Sata, T ^a   Yamazaki, S ^a   Osei Kwasi, M ^c   Yamamoto, N ^d   Koyanagi, Y ^d   Van Der Groen, G ^b   Kurata, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c University of Ghana Legon   (Ghana)

^d TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GHANA; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS ISOLATION;

EID: 0029910805     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.1996.12.1575     Document Type: Article

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