Genetic analysis of HIV type 2 from Ghana and Guinea-Bissau, West Africa

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 17, Issue 17, 2001, Pages 1661-1663

  Ishikawa, Koichi ^a,b   Janssens, Wouter ^c   Banor, Jacob S ^b   Shinno, Teiichiro ^a   Piedade, João ^d   Sata, Tetsutaro ^a   Ampofo, William K ^b   Brandful, James A M ^b   Koyanagi, Yoshio ^e   Yamamoto, Naoki ^e   Canas Ferreira, Wanda F ^d   Adu Sarkodie, Yaw ^f   Kurata, Takeshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^e TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GHANA; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS CLASSIFICATION; VIRUS TYPING;

DNA, VIRAL; GHANA; GUINEA-BISSAU; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; HIV-2; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0035692368     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/088922201753342077     Document Type: Note

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