HIV-1 subtype B′ dictates the AIDS epidemic among paid blood donors in the Henan and Hubei provinces of China

AIDS

Volumn 17, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 2515-2520

  Su, Bo ^a   Liu, Li ^a   Wang, Fusheng ^b   Gui, Xien ^a   Zhao, Min ^b   Tien, Po ^a   Zhang, Linqi ^a,c   Chen, Zhiwei ^a,c  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING 302 HOSPITAL   (China)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Henan; HIV 1; Hubei; Paid blood donor; Subtype B

Indexed keywords

GAG PROTEIN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS VACCINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CHINA; DRUG DESIGN; EPIDEMIC; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAID BLOOD DONOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS STRAIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOOD DONORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENES, GAG; GENOME, VIRAL; HIV-1; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; REASSORTANT VIRUSES;

EID: 1642376008     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200311210-00015     Document Type: Article

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