Identification of two new CRF_BF in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil [1]

AIDS

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 433-435

  Guimarães, Monick L ^a   Eyer Silva, Walter A ^a   Couto Fernandez, José C ^a   Morgado, Mariza G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL GENE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS TYPING;

BRAZIL; GENES, POL; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; POL GENE PRODUCTS, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 38149070858     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3282f47ad0     Document Type: Letter

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