Full-length genome characterization of an HIV type 2 isolate from India

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1315-1317

  Santhosh, C V ^a   Tamhane, Mayur C ^a,c   Mukhopadhyaya, Rita ^b   Mukhopadhyaya, Robin ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; INDIA; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS ISOLATION;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-2; HUMANS; INDIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 53849148993     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2008.0120     Document Type: Article

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