Identification of HIV Type 2 Subtype B Transmission in East Asia

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1045-1049

  Kusagawa, Shigeru ^a   Imamura, Yuko ^a   Yasuoka, Akira ^b   Hoshino, Hiroo ^c   Oka, Shin Ichi ^b   Takebe, Yutaka ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN;

ADULT; ASIA; CASE REPORT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INSERTION; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FAR EAST; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; FAR EAST; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-2; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 1542470028     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/088922203322588413     Document Type: Review

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