Quasispecies analysis of novel HIV-1 recombinants of subtypes A and G reveals no similarity to the mosaic structure of CRF02_AG

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1270-1285

  Powell, Rebecca L R ^a   Konings, Frank A J ^a   Nanfack, Aubin ^b   Burda, Sherri ^a   Urbanski, Mateusz M ^a   Saa, D ^c   Nyambi, Phillipe N ^a,d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Laboratoire de Sante Hygiene Mobile   (Cameroon)

^c MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Cameroon)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Evolution; HIV 1 CRF02_AG; HIV 1 recombination

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ENVELOPE GENE; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; INFECTION RATE; NONHUMAN; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; STRUCTURAL GENE; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAMEROON; FEMALE; GENES, ENV; GENES, POL; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 34547094089     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20937     Document Type: Article

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