Dual and recombinant infections: An integral part of the HIV-1 epidemic in Brazil

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 65-74

  Ramos, Artur ^a   Tanuri, Amilcar ^d   Schechter, Mauro ^d   Rayfield, Mark A ^a   Hu, Dale J ^a   Cabral, Maulori C ^d   Bandea, Claudiu I ^a   Baggs, James ^b   Pieniazek, Danuta ^a,c  

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

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c National Center for HIV STD and TB Prevention   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

EID: 0032978041     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0501.990108     Document Type: Article

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