Quantification of RNA in HIV type 1 subtypes D and G by NucliSens and Amplicor assays in Abidjan, Ivory Coast

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 495-498

  Nkengasong, John N ^a,e   Bile, Celestin ^a   Kalou, Mirielle ^a   Maurice, Chantal ^a   Boateng, Emmanuel ^a   Sassan Morokro, Madeleine ^a   Rayfield, Mark ^b   Coulibaly, Doulorou ^c   Greenberg, Alan E ^a,d   Wiktor, Stefan Z ^a,d  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE TREICHVILLE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c National AIDS/STD/TB Control Program   (Côte d’Ivoire)

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

^e Project RETRO CI Abidjan   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COTE D'IVOIRE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRUS EXAMINATION; VIRUS LOAD;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; COTE D'IVOIRE; HIV-1; HUMANS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RNA, VIRAL; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 0033541542     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/088922299311015     Document Type: Article

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