HIV-1 subtypes among blood donors from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 60-66

  Tanuri, Amilcar ^d   Swanson, Priscilla ^a   Devare, Sushil ^a   Berro, Oscar J ^b   Savedra, Ana ^b   Costa, Luciana J ^d   Telles, Jose G ^d   Brindeiro, Rodrigo ^d   Schable, Charles ^c   Pieniazek, Danuta ^c   Rayfield, Mark ^c  

^a ABBOTT DIAGNOSTICS   (United States)

^b Instituto Estadual do Cérebro Paulo Niemeyer Secretaria de Estado de Saúde   (Brazil)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Brazil; HIV 1 subtypes; Volunteer blood donors

Indexed keywords

GAG PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 41;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAZIL; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; MOSAIC VIRUS; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 0032926080     PISSN: 10779450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199901010-00009     Document Type: Article

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