HIV type 1 V3 region subtyping in KwaZulu-Natal, a high-seroprevalence South African region

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1015-1018

  Moodley, Daya ^a   Smith, Tracey Lee ^b   Van Rensburg, Estrelita J ^b   Moodley, Jack ^a   Engelbrecht, Susan ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATAL   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c Department of Medical Virology ^*  (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032551614     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.1998.14.1015     Document Type: Article

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