Analysis of HIV type 1 diversity in pregnant women from four Latin American and Caribbean countries

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1186-1191

  Gomez Carrillo, Manuel ^a   Pampuro, Sandra ^a   Duran, Adriana ^b   Losso, Marcelo ^b   Harris, D Robert ^c   Read, Jennifer S ^d   Duarte, Geraldo ^e   De Souza, Ricardo ^f   Soto Ramirez, Luis ^g   Salomón, Horacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL RAMOS MEJÍA   (Argentina)

^c WESTAT   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAXIAS DO SUL   (Brazil)

^g INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BAHAMAS; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARAGUAY; PHYLOGENY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STRUCTURAL GENE; URUGUAY; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ARGENTINA; BAHAMAS; BRAZIL; FEMALE; GENE PRODUCTS, POL; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MEXICO; PHYLOGENY; PREGNANCY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33845440792     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2006.22.1186     Document Type: Article

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