Development and application of a high-throughput HIV type 1 genotyping assay to identify CRF02_AG in West/West Central Africa

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 521-530

  Kijak, Gustavo H ^a   Sanders Buell, Eric ^a   Wolfe, Nathan D ^b   Mpoudi Ngole, Eitel ^c   Kim, Bohye ^a   Brown, Bruce ^a   Robb, Merlin L ^d   Birx, Deborah L ^d   Burke, Donald S ^b   Carr, Jean K ^a   McCutchan, Francine E ^a  

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

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Hôpital Militaire de Yaoundé   (Cameroon)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DNA; FLUORESCENT DYE; PLASMID DNA;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AFRICA; COCULTURE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA TEMPLATE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 2642566029     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/088922204323087778     Document Type: Article

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