Characterization of an old complex circulating recombinant form, CRF27_cpx, originating from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and circulating in France

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 315-321

  Vidal, Nicole ^a   Frange, Pierre ^b   Chaix, Marie Laure ^b   Mulanga, Claire ^a   Lepira, François ^c   Bazepeo, Samuel Edidi ^d   Goujard, Cecile ^e   Meyer, Laurence ^f   Rouzioux, Christine ^b   Delaporte, Eric ^a   Peeters, Martine ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c PNLS   (Congo)

^d Laboratoire du PNLS   (Congo)

^e Service de Medecine Interne   (France)

^f INSERM   (France)

^g INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONGO; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS STRAIN;

CONGO; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FRANCE; GENOME, VIRAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 39549095793     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2007.0241     Document Type: Article

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