Nosocomial HIV-transmission in an outpatient clinic detected by epidemiological and phylogenetic analyses

AIDS

Volumn 13, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 1737-1744

  Katzenstein, Terese L ^a,b   Jørgensen, Louise B ^a   Permin, Henrik ^a   Hansen, Jan ^a   Nielsen, Claus ^a   Machuca, Roberto ^a   Gerstoft, Jan ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

B cell; Common variable immunodeficiency; Epidemiology; HIV sequence variability; Molecular biology

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; FOSCARNET; GAG PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; POL PROTEIN; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0033388675     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199909100-00018     Document Type: Article

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