Active Generation and Selection for HIV Intersubtype A/D Recombinant Forms in a Coinfected Patient in Kenya

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 255-258

  Songok, Elijah M ^a,b   Lwembe, Raphael M ^b   Kibaya, Rukia ^b   Kobayashi, Kana ^a   Ndembi, Nicaise ^a   Kita, Kayoko ^a   Vulule, John ^b   Oishi, Isao ^c   Okoth, Fredrick ^b   Kageyama, Seiji ^a   Ichimura, Hiroshi ^a,c  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IN VIVO STUDY; KENYA; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, VIRAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENES, ENV; GENES, POL; HIV ENVELOPE PROTEIN GP120; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; KENYA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 10744231347     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/088922204773004996     Document Type: Article

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