Human retroviruses (HIV and HTLV) in Brazilian Indians: Seroepidemiological study and molecular epidemiology of HTLV type 2 isolates

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 71-77

  Shindo, Nice ^a,c   Alcantara, Luiz ^a,b   Van Dooren, Sonia ^d   Salemi, Marco ^d   Costa, Maria C R ^e   Kashima, Simone ^e   Covas, Dimas T ^e   Teva, Antônio ^a   Pellegrini, Marco ^f   Ivo, Brito ^f   Anne Mieke, Van Damme ^d   Bernardo, Galvão Castro ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Bahia Foundation for Science Development   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^e Hemotherapy Center of Ribeirao Preto Ribeirão Preto   (Brazil)

^f MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 2; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEROLOGY; URBAN AREA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BRAZIL; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HTLV-II INFECTIONS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 2; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREVALENCE; RNA, VIRAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0036170294     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/088922202753394736     Document Type: Article

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