Introduction of HIV-2 and multiple HIV-1 subtypes to Lebanon

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 649-656

  Pieniazek, Danuta ^a   Baggs, James ^b   Hu, Dale J ^a   Matar, Ghassan M ^c   Abdelnoor, Alexander M ^c   Mokhbat, Jacques E ^c   Uwaydah, Marwan ^c   Bizri, Abdul Rahman ^c   Ramos, Artur ^a,d   Janini, Luiz M ^a,d   Tanuri, Amilcar ^a,d   Fridlund, Carol ^a   Schable, Charles ^a   Heyndrickx, Leo ^e   Rayfield, Mark A ^a   Heneine, Walid ^a  

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

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^e INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ADULT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LEBANON; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TYPING;

EID: 0031728818     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0404.980418     Document Type: Review

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