Identification of HIV type 1 group N infections in a husband and wife in Cameroon: Viral genome sequences provide evidence for horizontal transmission

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-92

  Yamaguchi, Julie ^a   Coffey, Ruthie ^a   Vallari, Ana ^a   Ngansop, Charlotte ^b   Mbanya, Dora ^b   Ndembi, Nicaise ^b   Kaptué, Lazare ^b   Gürtler, Lutz G ^c   Bodelle, Pierre ^a   Schochetman, Gerald ^a   Devare, Sushil G ^a   Brennan, Catherine A ^a  

^a ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAMIVUDINE PLUS NEVIRAPINE PLUS STAVUDINE; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HORIZONTAL TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVIRUS; SPOUSE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; CAMEROON; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; FEMALE; GENOME, VIRAL; HIV ENVELOPE PROTEIN GP120; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; SPOUSES;

EID: 32044447150     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2006.22.83     Document Type: Article

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