An association between HIV-1 subtypes and mode of transmission in Cape Town, South Africa

AIDS

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 81-87

  Van Harmelen, Joanne ^a   Wood, Robin ^a   Lambrick, Maureen ^a   Rybicki, Edward P ^a   Williamson, Anna Lise ^a   Williamson, Carolyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Heteroduplex mobility assay; HIV 1 genetic sequence; HIV 1 subtypes; Molecular epidemiology; South Africa

Indexed keywords

GAG PROTEIN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS VACCINE; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ENVELOPE GENE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; GENETIC TECHNICS; HETEROSEXUALS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV--TRANSMISSION; HOMOSEXUALS; LABORATORY EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SEX BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; VIRAL DISEASES;

ADULT; DNA, VIRAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENES, ENV; GENES, GAG; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEIC ACID HETERODUPLEXES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0031015888     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199701000-00012     Document Type: Article

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