HIV-1 in semen: An isolated virus reservoir [1]

Lancet

Volumn 350, Issue 9085, 1997, Pages 1141-

  Byrn, Randal A ^b   Zhang, Dezhen ^b   Eyre, Robert ^b   McGowan, Katherine ^b   Kiessling, Ann A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Brigham and Women's/Faulkner Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS ENZYME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; VIRUS GENE;

EID: 0343145742     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)24042-0     Document Type: Article

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