Detection of HIV Type 1 Non-B Subtypes in Sicily, Italy

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 251-254

  Tramuto, Fabio ^a   Vitale, Francesco ^a   Bonura, Filippa ^a   Romano, Nino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TREATMENT FAILURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS RESISTANCE;

ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; DRUG RESISTANCE, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENES, POL; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; RNA, VIRAL; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 1442274710     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/088922204773004987     Document Type: Article

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