Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Brazilian subtype B variant showed an increasing avidity of the anti-V3 antibodies over time compared to the subtype B US/European strain in São Paulo, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-71

  Casseb, Jorge ^a   Montanheiro, Patricia ^a   Komninakis, Shirley ^a   Brito, Adriana ^a   Duarte, Alberto J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antibody avidity; Brazil; Brazilian HIV 1 variant; Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV 1); S o Paulo; V3 serotyping

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EUROPE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; SEROTYPE; SPECIES COMPARISON; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS TYPING;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 1642444818     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762004000100012     Document Type: Article

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