Diversity of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 subtypes in Kagera and Kilimanjaro regions, Tanzania

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 761-769

  Nyombi, Balthazar M ^a,b,c,e   Kristiansen, Knut I ^c   Bjune, Gunnar ^b   Müller, Fredrik ^c   Holm Hansen, Carol ^b,d  

^a KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^e KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVELOPE GENE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; TANZANIA; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS RECOMBINATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TYPING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENV GENE PRODUCTS, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POL GENE PRODUCTS, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; TANZANIA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 45749119998     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2007.0311     Document Type: Article

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