HIV type 1 subtypes among STI patients in Nairobi: A genotypic study based on partial pol gene sequencing

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1172-1177

  Lihana, Raphael W ^a,b,e   Khamadi, Samoel A ^a,b   Kiptoo, Michael K ^a   Kinyua, Joyceline G ^a   Lagat, Nancy ^a   Magoma, Gabriel N ^b   Mwau, Matilu M ^a,b   Makokha, Ernest P ^a,b,c   Onyango, Vincent ^a   Osman, Saida ^a   Okoth, Fredrick A ^a,b   Songok, Elijah M ^a,d  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

^c Global AIDS Programme Centers for Disease Control   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^e Univeristy of Manitoba ^*  (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STRUCTURAL GENE; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

GENE PRODUCTS, POL; GENOTYPE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; KENYA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 33845430851     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2006.22.1172     Document Type: Article

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