Identification of a novel circulating recombinant form (CRF33_01B) disseminating widely among various risk populations in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 523-529

  Tee, Kok Keng ^a,b   Li, Xiao Jie ^a   Nohtomi, Kyoko ^a   Ng, Kee Peng ^b   Kamarulzaman, Adeeba ^b   Takebe, Yutaka ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Asia; CRF01_AE; CRF33_01B; HIV 1 circulating recombinant form (CRF); Malaysia; Subtype B; Unique recombinant form (URF)

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CHIMERA; CIRCULATING RECOMBINANT FORM; CITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THAILAND; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AGED; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 33845366491     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.qai.0000242451.74779.a7     Document Type: Article

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