Genetic evidence of multiple transmissions of HIV type subtype F within Romania from adult blood donors to children

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 327-336

  Op De Coul, Eline ^a   Van Den Burg, Remco ^b   Åsjö, Birgitta ^c   Goudsmit, Jaap ^b   Cupsa, Augustin ^d   Pascu, Rodica ^e   Usein, Codruta ^f   Cornelissen, Marion ^b  

^a MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CRAIOVA   (Romania)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^f National Reference Center for HIV   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVELOPE PROTEIN; GAG PROTEIN; POL PROTEIN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROMANIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD; BLOOD DONORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GENES, GAG; GENES, POL; HIV ENVELOPE PROTEIN GP120; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHYLOGENY; ROMANIA;

EID: 0034104243     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/088922200309205     Document Type: Article

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