Characterization of five nearly full-length genomes of early HIV type 1 strains in Ruili City: Implications for the genesis of CRF07_BC and CRF08_BC circulating in China

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1051-1056

  Qiu, Zhaozhu ^a   Xing, Hui ^a   Wei, Min ^a   Duan, Yijuan ^b   Zhao, Quanbi ^a   Xu, Jianqing ^a   Shao, Yiming ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b Ruili City Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CHINA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS STRAIN;

CHINA; DNA, VIRAL; GENE PRODUCTS, ENV; GENOME, VIRAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 30344452291     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2005.21.1051     Document Type: Article

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