HIV type 1 in Thailand, 1994-1995: Persistence of two subtypes with low genetic diversity

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 319-327

  Subbarao, Shambavi ^a   Limpakarnjanarat, Khanchit ^b,c   Mastro, Timothy D ^a,b   Bhumisawasdi, Jakriss ^c   Warachit, Paijit ^c   Jayavasu, Chuinrudee ^c   Young, Nancy L ^a,b   Luo, Chi Cheng ^a   Shaffer, Nathan ^a,b   Kalish, Marcia L ^a   Schochetman, Gerald ^a  

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

^b HIV/AIDS Collaboration   (Thailand)

^c MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVELOPE GENE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; THAILAND; VIRUS TYPING;

EID: 0032031516     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.1998.14.319     Document Type: Article

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