Use of V3 loop peptide-specific antibody evaluation for subtyping HIV-1: Results of a vertical transmission study from Sao Paulo, Brazil

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 265-270

  Caterino De Araujo, Adele ^a   Casseb, Jorge ^b,c   Hendry, Michael R ^c  

^a INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0032700614     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/45.5.265     Document Type: Article

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