Variation trend of the tetrapeptide on the tip of V3 loop of 62 HIV-1 strains isolated in idu of Yunnan from 1990 to 1997

Chinese Journal of Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 462-464

  Wu, Hong ^a   Wang, Bin ^a   Fang, Rong ^a  

^a QINGDAO UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Drug users; Human immunodeficiency virus type 1; Tetrapeptide on tip of the V3 loop

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040568441     PISSN: 02545101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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