Identification of subtype B, multiple circulating recombinant forms and unique recombinants of HIV type 1 in an MSM cohort in China

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1245-1254

  Wang, Wanhai ^a,b   Jiang, Shulin ^a   Li, Shenwei ^a   Yang, Kai ^a   Ma, Liying ^a   Zhang, Fengmin ^b   Zhang, Xiaoyan ^a   Shao, Yiming ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THAILAND; UNITED STATES; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

ADULT; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 53849136964     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2008.0095     Document Type: Article

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