High frequency of the GWG (Pro Trp) envelope variant of HIV-1 in Southeast Brazil

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 74-79

  Covas, Dimas T ^a,c   Bíscaro, Taisa A ^a   Kashima, Simone ^a   Duarte, Geraldo ^b   Machado, Alcyone A ^b  

^a Regional Blood Center of Ribeirão Preto   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Fundacao Hemocentro de Ribeirao Preto   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Genetic variability; HIV 1 V3 loop; RFLP

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN GP 120; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVELOPE GENE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS ENVELOPE;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0032169149     PISSN: 10779450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199809010-00012     Document Type: Article

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