Diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus infection by a polymerase chain reaction assay evaluated in patients harbouring strains of diverse geographical origin

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 153-166

  Van Laethem, Kristel ^a   Beuselinck, Kurt ^a   Van Dooren, Sonia ^a   De Clercq, Erik ^a   Desmyter, Jan ^a   Vandamme, Anne Mieke ^a  

^a REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Divergent strains; HIV 1 PCR

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS LOAD;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; BELGIUM; BLOOD DONORS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, VIRAL; EVALUATION STUDIES; GENES, VIRAL; HIV-1; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0031913165     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0934(97)00178-X     Document Type: Article

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