Subtype assignment and phylogenetic analysis of HIV type 1 strains in patients from Swaziland

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 323-325

  Dehò, Lorenzo ^a   Walwema, Richard ^b   Cappelletti, Anna ^a   Sukati, Hosea ^b   Sibandze, Dumile ^b   Almaviva, Mauro ^a   Butt, Stefano ^c   Ensoli, Barbara ^c   Galli, Massimo ^a   Balotta, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Ministry of Health   (Swaziland)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; PROTEINASE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR; VIRUS RNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE ASSIGNMENT; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA EXTRACTION; STRUCTURAL GENE; SWAZILAND; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DRUG RESISTANCE, VIRAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV PROTEASE; HIV REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SWAZILAND;

EID: 39549122755     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2007.0233     Document Type: Article

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