Detecting undetected HIV-1 variants in African children using degenerate polymerase chain reaction and sequence analyses

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 294-295

  Nanteza, M ^a,c   Kasolo, F C ^a,b   Monze, M ^a,b   Gompels, U A ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

^c Virus Research Centre   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Children; Diagnosis; Genotypes; Human immunodeficiency virus 1; Kaposi's sarcoma; Polymerase chain reaction; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; FAMILY PLANNING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; KAPOSI SARCOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SHORT SURVEY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; ZAMBIA;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 0031804839     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(98)91018-5     Document Type: Article

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