Characterization of HIV Type 1 Clades in the Caribbean Using pol Gene Sequences

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 929-932

  Vaughan, H E ^a   Cane, P ^b   Pillay, D ^b,c   Tedder, R S ^c  

^a Caribbean Epidemiology Centre   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR; VIRUS RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; STRUCTURAL GENE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS RESISTANCE; VIRUS TYPING;

CARIBBEAN REGION; DNA, VIRAL; GENES, POL; HIV-1; HIV-1 REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 0242333210     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/088922203322493120     Document Type: Review

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