HIV-1 subtyping in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil: A city with African sociodemographic characteristics

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 288-293

  Couto Fernandez, J C ^a,b   Morgado, M G ^b   Bongertz, V ^b   Tanuri, A ^c   Andrade, T ^d   Brites, C ^d   Galvao Castro B ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b UNAIDS Collaborating Center   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Diversity; HIV 1 subtypes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DRUG USE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 0033386010     PISSN: 10779450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00126334-199911010-00011     Document Type: Article

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