Recombination of HIV Type 1C (C′/C″) in Ethiopia: Possible Link of EthHIV-1C′ to Subtype C Sequences from the High-Prevalence Epidemics in India and Southern Africa

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 999-1008

  Pollakis, Georgios ^a   Abebe, Almaz ^b   Kliphuis, Aletta ^a   Rinke De Wit, Tobias F ^b   Fisseha, Bitew ^b   Tegbaru, Belete ^b   Tesfaye, Girma ^c   Negassa, Hailu ^d   Mengistu, Yohannes ^e   Fontanet, Arnaud L ^f   Cornelissen, Marion ^a   Goudsmit, Jaap ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^c Ethiopian Red Cross Society   (Ethiopia)

^d FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ethiopia)

^e ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^f MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

^g CRUCELL HOLLAND BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAG PROTEIN; POL PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN; VIRUS ENZYME;

AFRICA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; ETHIOPIA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INDIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS CLASSIFICATION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS RECOMBINATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AFRICA, SOUTHERN; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GENE PRODUCTS, ENV; GENE PRODUCTS, GAG; GENE PRODUCTS, POL; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INDIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 10744226019     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/088922203322588350     Document Type: Review

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