The HIV epidemic in the Amazon Basin is driven by prototypic and recombinant HIV-1 subtypes B and F

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 327-331

  Vicente, Ana C P ^a   Otsuki, Koko ^a   Silva, Nelson B ^b   Castilho, Marcia C ^b   Barros, Flavio S ^b   Pieniazek, Danuta ^c,d   Hu, Dale ^c,d   Rayfield, Mark A ^c,d   Bretas, Gustavo ^e   Tanuri, Amilcar ^f  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b USP   (Brazil)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon basin; HIV I; Recombinant

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN P24; GAG PROTEIN; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENVELOPE GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MOSAICISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 12944281693     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00126334-200004010-00008     Document Type: Article

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