Characterization of subtype A HIV-1 from Africa by full genome sequencing

AIDS

Volumn 13, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 1819-1826

  Carr, Jean K ^a,e   Laukkanen, Tiina ^b   Salminen, Mika O ^b   Albert, Jan ^c   Alaeus, Annette ^c   Kim, Bohye ^a   Sanders Buell, Eric ^a   Birx, Deborah L ^d   McCutchan, Francine E ^a  

^a HENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; HIV; Molecular epidemiology; Recombination; Viral origins

Indexed keywords

GAG PROTEIN; VIRUS DNA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTE D'IVOIRE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVELOPE GENE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVIRUS; SWEDEN; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS STRAIN;

AFRICA; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENOME, VIRAL; HIV ENVELOPE PROTEIN GP120; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0032736151     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199910010-00003     Document Type: Article

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