Molecular epidemiological analysis of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 in Newfoundland, Canada

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 14, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 1205-1209

  Montpetit, M L ^a,b,f   Ratnam, S ^c   Campbell, C ^d   Gleeson, T ^a   Donovan, C ^e   Tollefson, J ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Newfoundland and Labrador Public Health Laboratory   (Canada)

^d Health Care Corporation   (Canada)

^e Eastern Health Canada   (Canada)

^f LAB CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS GENE;

EID: 0032169221     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.1998.14.1205     Document Type: Article

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