Differential diagnosis of HIV type 1 group O and M infection by polymerase chain reaction and PstI restriction analysis of the pol gene fragment

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 973-977

  Heyndrickx, Leo ^a   Janssens, Wouter ^a   Gürtler, Lutz ^b   Zekeng, Leopold ^c   Loussert Ajaka, Ibtissam ^d   Vereecken, Katleen ^a   Willems, Betty ^a   Coppens, Sandra ^a   Ndumbe, Peter ^e   Fransen, Katrien ^a   Saman, Eric ^f   Alary, Michel ^g   Van Der Groen, Guido ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Yaounde   (Cameroon)

^d BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^e Center for the Study and Control of Communicable Diseases   (Cameroon)

^f INNOGENETICS   (Belgium)

^g LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POL PROTEIN;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; STRUCTURAL GENE; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 0032551615     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.1998.14.973     Document Type: Article

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