HIV-1 group N: Evidence of ongoing transmission in Cameroon

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 453-457

  Yamaguchi, Julie ^a   McArthur, Carole P ^b   Vallari, Ana ^a   Coffey, Ruthie ^a   Bodelle, Pierre ^a   Beyeme, Mathilde ^c   Schochetman, Gerald ^a   Devare, Sushil G ^a   Brennan, Catherine A ^a  

^a ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^c D'Joungolo Hospital   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAG PROTEIN; POL PROTEIN; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CAMEROON; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GENETIC DISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CAMEROON; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 33646860954     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2006.22.453     Document Type: Article

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