HIV type 1 molecular epidemiology in Cuba: High genetic diversity, frequent mosaicism, and recent expansion of BG intersubtype recombinant forms

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 724-733

  Pérez, Lissette ^a   Thomson, Michael M ^b   Bleda, María J ^c   Aragonés, Carlos ^a   González, Zoila ^a   Pérez, Jorge ^a   Sierra, María ^b   Casado, Gema ^b   Delgado, Elena ^b   Nájera, Rafael ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOSAICISM; NEIGHBOR JOINING METHOD; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; STRUCTURAL GENE; CLASSIFICATION; CUBA; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIROLOGY;

CUBA; FEMALE; GENES, POL; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33748743977     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2006.22.724     Document Type: Article

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