A complex human immunodeficiency virus type 1 A/G/J recombinant virus isolated from a seronegative patient with AIDS from Benin, West Africa

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1095-1106

  Baldrich Rubio, E ^a   Anagonou, S ^b   Stirrups, K ^a   Lafia, E ^b   Candotti, D ^c   Lee, H ^a   Allain, J P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre national hospitalier universitaire   (Benin)

^c NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAG PROTEIN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICA; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROVIRUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIROGENESIS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TYPING;

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

EID: 0035008028     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-82-5-1095     Document Type: Article

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