The identification of a complex A/G/I/J recombinant HIV type 1 virus in various West African countries

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 15, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 1707-1712

  Montavon, Celine ^a   Bibollet Ruche, Frederic ^a,b   Robertson, David ^c   Koumare, Brahim ^d   Mulanga, Claire ^a   Esu Williams, Eka ^e   Toure, Coumba ^f   Mboup, Souleymane ^f   Saman, Eric ^g   Delaporte, Eric ^a   Peeters, Martine ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c CNRS Aix Marseille University   (France)

^d Institut National de Santé Publique   (Mali)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

^f Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Aristide Le Dantec de Dakar   (Senegal)

^g INNOGENETICS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

BURKINA FASO; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, VIRAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0032764591     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/088922299309757     Document Type: Article

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