Isolation and preliminary characterization of two HIV-2 strains from Pune, India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 109, Issue APR., 1999, Pages 123-130

  Kulkarni, Smita S ^a   Tripathy, Srikanth ^a   Paranjape, R S ^a   Mani, N S ^b   Joshi, D R ^b   Patil, U ^b   Gadkari, D A ^b  

^a NATIONAL AIDS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

HIV 2; India; Isolation; TB patients

Indexed keywords

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; PRIMER DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; DEVICE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENVELOPE GENE; GIANT CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INDIA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOID CELL LINE; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENEGAL; SYNCYTIUM; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ADULT; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV-2; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0032936511     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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