Molecular Epidemiology of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 in the State of Ceará, Northeast, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 461-463

  Gadelha, Sandra Rocha ^a   Shindo, Nice ^b   Cruz, José Napoleão Monte ^c   Morgado, Mariza Gonçalves ^a   Galvão Castro, Bernardo ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b ESCOLA BAHIANA DE MEDICINA E SAÚDE PÚBLICA   (Brazil)

^c Lab Ctrl de Saúde Pub   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cear ; Human immunodeficiency virus; Molecular epidemiology

Indexed keywords

HETERODUPLEX; VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SAMPLE; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS STRAIN; CHILD; ENVELOPE GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; STRUCTURAL GENE;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; CHILD; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENES, ENV; GENES, GAG; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0142245380     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762003000400005     Document Type: Article

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