High HIV-1 genetic diversity in Cuba

AIDS

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1643-1653

  Cuevas, María Teresa ^a   Ruibal, Ignacio ^b   Villahermosa, María Luisa ^a   Díaz, Héctor ^b   Delgado, Elena ^a   Parga, Elena Vázquez De ^a   Pérez Álvarez, Lucía ^a   De Armas, Madelín Blanco ^b   Cuevas, Laureano ^a   Medrano, Leandro ^a   Noa, Enrique ^b   Osmanov, Saladin ^c   Nájera, Rafael ^a   Thomson, Michael M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b Laboratorio de Investigaciones del SIDA   (Cuba)

^c UNAIDS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cuba; HIV 1; Molecular epidemiology; Recombinant forms; Subtypes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CUBA; ENVELOPE GENE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL GENE; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS RECOMBINATION; VIRUS TYPING;

CUBA; DATABASES, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENES, POL; HIV ENVELOPE PROTEIN GP120; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHYLOGENY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0037119054     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200208160-00010     Document Type: Article

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