Identification and molecular characterization of subsubtype A4 in Central Africa

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 182-187

  Vidal, N ^a   Mulanga, C ^a   Bazepeo, S Edidi ^b   Lepira, F ^c   Delaporte, E ^a   Peeters, Martine ^a,d  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b Laboratoire du PNLS   (Democratic Republic Congo)

^c PNLS   (Democratic Republic Congo)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL AFRICA; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; ENVELOPE GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS STRAIN;

AFRICA, CENTRAL; BASE SEQUENCE; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DNA PRIMERS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 33244472398     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2006.22.182     Document Type: Article

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