The heterosexual HIV type 1 epidemic in Papua New Guinea is dominated by subtype C

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 941-944

  Ryan, Claire E ^a,b,f   Gare, Janet ^c   Crowe, Suzanne M ^a,b   Wilson, Kim ^d   Reeder, John C ^c   Oelrichs, Robert B ^a,e  

^a MACFARLANE BURNET INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

^d National Serology Reference Laboratory   (Australia)

^e WORLD BANK   (United States)

^f NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUAL FEMALE; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS ENVELOPE;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, VIRAL; GENES, ENV; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 34547937139     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2007.0043     Document Type: Article

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