Circulating recombinant form CRF02_AG in South America

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 329-332

  Carrion, G ^a   Cruz, C ^a   Chauca, G ^a   Kochel, T ^a   Birx, D L ^f   Sanchez, J L ^a,f   Carr, J K ^b   Hierholzer, J ^b   Montano, S ^a   Alava, A ^c   Perez, J ^a   Guevara, A ^d   Laguna Torres, V ^a   Mosquera, C ^c   Russell, K ^e  

^a California   (Peru)

^b HENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^c National Institute of Hygiene   (Ecuador)

^d HOSPITAL VOZANDES   (Ecuador)

^e NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^f WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; BLOOD SAMPLING; COCULTURE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FILTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAPER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AMERICA; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ENVELOPE; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TYPING;

ADULT; DNA, VIRAL; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HETERODUPLEX ANALYSIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0345352689     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/088922203764969537     Document Type: Article

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