HIV disease progression: Is the Brazilian variant subtype B' (GWGR motif) less pathogenic than US/European subtype B (GPGR)?

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 164-169

  Casseb, Jorge ^a,g   Komninakis, Shirley ^a   Abdalla, Leslie ^a   Brigido, Luis Fernando M ^a,c,d   Rodrigues, Rosangela ^a,c   Araújo, Fabio ^a,b,d   Rocha Veiga, Ana Paula ^a,b,d   Flannery, Brendan ^e   Michael Hendry, R ^f   Silva Duarte, Alberto José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE INFECTOLOGIA EMÍLIO RIBAS   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^d Centro de Referencia em DST/Aids   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f VIRAL AND RICKETTSIAL DISEASE LABORATORY   (United States)

^g Nephrology Division   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 120; HIV ENVELOPE PROTEIN GP120 (305 321); HIV ENVELOPE PROTEIN GP120 (305-321); HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; SEROLOGY; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS STRAIN; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN MOTIF; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BRAZIL; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV ENVELOPE PROTEIN GP120; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS;

EID: 18544386685     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1201-9712(02)90105-0     Document Type: Article

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