Coinfection with HIV-1 and simian foamy virus in West Central Africans

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 197, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1389-1393

  Switzer, William M ^a   Garcia, Albert D ^a   Yang, Chunfu ^a   Wright, Anthony ^a   Kalish, Marcia L ^a   Folks, Thomas M ^a   Heneine, Walid ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CAMEROON; CENTRAL AFRICA; CERCOPITHECIDAE; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SIMIAN FOAMY VIRUS; WESTERN BLOTTING; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BLOOD DONORS; CAMEROON; CONGO; GENE PRODUCTS, POL; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROSTITUTION; RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SIMIAN FOAMY VIRUS;

EID: 43949121074     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/587493     Document Type: Article

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