Molecular epidemiology of vertical human immunodeficiency virus type 1 transmission in Greece: Evidence of non-B subtypes

Journal of Human Virology

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 339-343

  Paraskevis, Dimitrios ^a   Magiorkinis, Emmanuil ^a   Theodoridou, Maria ^b   Mostrou, Glykeria ^b   Papaevangelou, Vassiliki ^b   Kiosses, Vassilios G ^c   Hatzakis, Angelos ^a   Matsaniotis, Nikolaos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

HIV 1; Subtypes; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS CLASSIFICATION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DNA, VIRAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GREECE; HETERODUPLEX ANALYSIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

DNA VIRUSES; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0033508401     PISSN: 10909508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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