Molecular characterization of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and HIV-2 in Yaoundé, Cameroon: Evidence of major drug resistance mutations in newly diagnosed patients infected with subtypes other than subtype B

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 177-184

  Ndembi, Nicaise ^a,d   Abraha, Awet ^b   Pilch, Heather ^b   Ichimura, Hiroshi ^c   Mbanya, Dora ^a   Kaptue, Lazare ^a   Salata, Robert ^b   Arts, Eric J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; CAMEROON; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL GENE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS TYPING;

CAMEROON; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DRUG RESISTANCE, VIRAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HIV-2; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; POL GENE PRODUCTS, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2;

EID: 38149109662     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00428-07     Document Type: Article

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