South African GB virus C isolates: Interactions between genotypes 1 and 5 isolates and HIV

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 192, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2147-2151

  Xiang, Jinhua ^a,b   Sathar, M Aslam ^c   McLinden, James H ^a,b   Klinzman, Donna ^a,b   Chang, Qing ^a,b   Stapleton, Jack T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RANTES; STROMAL CELL DERIVED FACTOR 1; VIRUS RNA; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTH AFRICA; VIREMIA; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS SURVIVAL;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BLOOD DONORS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHEMOKINES, CXC; FLAVIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; GB VIRUS C; HIV CORE PROTEIN P24; HIV-1; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; PHYLOGENY; RANTES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRAL INTERFERENCE; VIREMIA; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 28844507284     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/498170     Document Type: Article

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