Genetic diversity of HIV type 1 in rural eastern Cameroon

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1641-1650

  Ndembi, Nicaise ^a,c   Takehisa, Jun ^a   Zekeng, Leopold ^b   Kobayashi, Eiji ^a   Ngansop, Charlotte ^c   Songok, Elijah M ^a   Kageyama, Seiji ^a   Takemura, Taichiro ^d   Ido, Eiji ^d   Hayami, Masanori ^d   Kaptue, Lazare ^c   Ichimura, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ministere de la Sante Publique   (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CRF; HIV; Hotspot; Recombinant; Subtypes

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN P24; GAG PROTEIN; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAMEROON; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CAMEROON; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CHAD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RURAL POPULATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 10644251965     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00126334-200412150-00019     Document Type: Article

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