Predominance of infection with HIV-1 circulating recombinant form CRF02_AG in major Cameroonian cities and towns [1]

AIDS

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 295-296

  Nyambi, Phillipe ^a   Heyndrickx, Leo ^b   Vereecken, Katleen ^b   Burda, Sherri ^a   De Houwer, Kathleen ^b,c   Coppens, Sandra ^b,c   Urbanski, Mateusz ^a   Williams, Constance ^a   Ndumbe, Peter ^d   Janssens, Wouter ^b,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMEROON; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

CAMEROON; CITIES; GENES, ENV; GENES, GAG; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0037169218     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200201250-00022     Document Type: Letter

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