Possible compartmentalization of hepatitis C viral replication in the genital tract of HIV-1-coinfected women

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 194, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1529-1536

  Minosse, Claudia ^a   Calcaterra, Silvia ^a   Abbate, Isabella ^a   Selleri, Marina ^a   Zaniratti, Maria S ^a   Capobianchi, Maria R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENITAL SYSTEM; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUPERINFECTION; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 33845197690     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/508889     Document Type: Article

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