Possible HIV "super-strain" in New York City; New human T-lymphotropic viruses identified in Africa

AIDS Reader

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 155-156

  Laurence, Jeffrey ^a,b  

^a Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Drug resistance; HIV AIDS; HTLV; Progression

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR5; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; METHAMPHETAMINE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; VIRUS RNA; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG ABUSE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 2; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NONHUMAN; RETROVIRUS; RISK FACTOR; SEROCONVERSION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WESTERN BLOTTING; CAMEROON; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; VIROLOGY;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CAMEROON; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMANS; NEW YORK CITY;

EID: 18244389471     PISSN: 10530894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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