Molecular epidemiology of HIV in Israel

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 296-303

  Gehring, Stephan ^a   Maayan, Shlomo ^b   Ruppach, Horst ^a   Balfe, Peter ^c   Juraszczyk, Jolanta ^a   Yust, Israel ^d   Vardinon, Nurith ^d   Rimlawi, Asaad ^e   Polak, Shimon ^f   Bentwich, Zvi ^g   Rübsamen Waigmann, Helga ^h   Dietrich, Ursula ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR TUMOR BIOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY   (Germany)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e Palestinian National Authority   (Israel)

^f RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^g KAPLAN HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^h BAYER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Base sequence; HIV 1 subtypes; Israel; Molecular epidemiology; Peptide immunoassay

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2;

EID: 12644310292     PISSN: 10779450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199708010-00008     Document Type: Article

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