Determination of gag subtypes of HIV type 1 detected among female sex workers in Calcutta, India

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 806-809

  Sengupta, Satarupa ^a   Jana, Smarajit ^b   Sarkar, Kamalesh ^a   Bhattacharya, Sujit K ^a   Chakrabarti, Sekhar ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

^b STD/HIV Intervention Program   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAG PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETERODUPLEX MOBILITY ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; IMMUNOASSAY; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOPHYLY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; VIRUS STRAIN;

EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE PRODUCTS, GAG; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV-1; HUMANS; INDIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROSTITUTION;

EID: 26444504958     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2005.21.806     Document Type: Article

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