Similar HIV-1 subtype a V3 loop sequences are found in dual HIV-1/HIV-2 and HIV-1-only seropositives in Ghana

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 775-779

  Sagoe, Kwamena W C ^a,b   Britton, Sven ^a   Mingle, Julius A A ^b   Affram, Kwame ^b   Djokoto, Agnes ^c   Sönnerborg, Anders ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^c St Martin de Porres Clinic   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GHANA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GHANA; HIV ENVELOPE PROTEIN GP120; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HIV-2; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0033586985     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/088922299310863     Document Type: Article

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