Molecular investigation into outbreak of HIV in a Scottish prison

British Medical Journal

Volumn 314, Issue 7092, 1997, Pages 1446-1450

  Yirrell, D L ^a   Robertson, P ^a   Goldberg, D J ^b   McMenamin, J ^b   Cameron, S ^b   Leigh Brown, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b RUCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; RNA SEQUENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, VIRAL; GENE PRODUCTS, GAG; GENES, ENV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PRISONERS; RNA, VIRAL; SCOTLAND;

EID: 0031001414     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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