Identification of new CRF43_02G and CRF25_cpx in Saudi Arabia based on full genome sequence analysis of six HIV type 1 Isolates

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1327-1335

  Yamaguchi, Julie ^a   Badreddine, Samar ^b   Swanson, Priscilla ^a   Bodelle, Pierre ^a   Devare, Sushil G ^a   Brennan, Catherine A ^a  

^a ABBOTT DIAGNOSTICS   (United States)

^b KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA EXTRACTION; SAUDI ARABIA; VIRUS ISOLATION;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA, VIRAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 53849136957     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2008.0101     Document Type: Article

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