Seroincidence and phylogeny of human immunodeficiency virus infections in a cohort of commercial sex workers in Montevideo, Uruguay

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 495-500

  Viñoles, Jose ^a   Serra, Margarita ^a   Russi, Jose C ^a   Ruchansky, Dora ^a   Sosa Estani, Sergio ^b   Montano, Silvia M ^c   Carrion, Gladys ^c   Eyzaguirre, Lindsay M ^d,e   Carr, Jean K ^d,e   Olson, James G ^c   Bautista, Christian T ^d,e   Sanchez, Jose L ^d,e,f   Weissenbacher, Mercedes ^b  

^a Ministry of Public Health Uruguay   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c Virology Program   (Peru)

^d HENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Walter Reed Army Institute of Research ^*  (United States)

^f WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; PRIMER DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYLOGENY; RISK FACTOR; SEROCONVERSION; SEROINCIDENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSVESTISM; URUGUAY; ADOLESCENT; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROSTITUTION; VIROLOGY;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; COHORT STUDIES; DNA PRIMERS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; URUGUAY;

EID: 18944380160     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2005.72.495     Document Type: Article

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