HIV-1 genetic diversity in Argentina and early diagnosis of perinatal infection

Medicina

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 319-326

  Aulicino, Paula C ^a   Gomez Carrillo, Manuel ^b   Kopka, Julieta ^a   Mangano, Andrea M ^a   Ovejero, Marcelo ^a   Sen, Luisa ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA PROF DR JUAN P GARRAHAN   (Argentina)

^b Universidad de Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

Author keywords

BF recombinants; HIV 1 diagnosis; HIV 1 epidemiology; HIV 1 subtypes; Perinatal transmission

Indexed keywords

GAG PROTEIN; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN; VPU PROTEIN;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERINATAL INFECTION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS STRAIN;

ARGENTINA; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HETERODUPLEX ANALYSIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; PERINATAL CARE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 33748686207     PISSN: 00257680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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