Intersubtype BF Recombinants of HIV-1 in a Population of Injecting Drug Users in Argentina

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 630-636

  Espinosa, Alex ^a   Vignoles, Moira ^b   Gómez Carrillo, Manuel ^b   Sheppard, Haynes ^a   Donovan, Richard ^a   Peralta, Liliana Martínez ^b   Rossi, Diana ^c   Radulich, Graciela ^d   Solomón, Horacio ^b   Weissenbacher, Mercedes ^b  

^a VIRAL AND RICKETTSIAL DISEASE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c Intercambios Asociacion Civil   (Argentina)

^d El Retoño Civil Association   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentinean injecting drug user; Circulating recombinant form; Intersubtype recombinant

Indexed keywords

GAG PROTEIN; POL PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA; VPU PROTEIN;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROUP SPECIFIC ANTIGEN GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 BF; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL GENE; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VPU GENE;

ARGENTINA; FEMALE; GENOME, VIRAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 11144355103     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00126334-200405010-00012     Document Type: Article

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