Most env and gag subtype A HIV-1 viruses circulating in west and West Central Africa are similar to the' prototype AG recombinant virus IBNG

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 363-374

  Montavon, Celine ^a   Toure Kane, Coumba ^b   Liegeois, Florian ^a   Mpoudi, Eitel ^c   Bourgeois, Anke ^a   Vergne, Laurence ^a   Perret, Jean Luc ^d   Boumah, Annie ^e   Saman, Eric ^f   Mboup, Souleymane ^b   Delaporte, Eric ^a,g   Peeters, Martine ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Aristide Le Dantec de Dakar   (Senegal)

^c Military Hospital   (Cameroon)

^d SERVICE DE SANTÉ DES ARMÉES   (France)

^e National AIDS Control Program   (Gabon)

^f INNOGENETICS   (Belgium)

^g GUI DE CHAULIAC HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; AG IBNG; Env; Gag; HIV 1 subtypes; Recombination

Indexed keywords

GAG PROTEIN; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

AFRICA; AG RECOMBINANT VIRUS IBNG; ARTICLE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MOSAIC VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 12944284784     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00126334-200004150-00001     Document Type: Article

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