Documentation of subtype C HIV type 1 strains in Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1022-1025

  Carrion, G ^a   Eyzaguirre, L ^b   Montano, S M ^a   Laguna Torres, V ^a   Serra, M ^c   Aguayo, N ^d   Avila, M M ^e   Ruchansky, D ^f   Pando, M A ^e   Vinoles, Jose ^c   Perez, J ^a   Barboza, A ^d   Chauca, G ^a   Romero, A ^a   Galeano, A ^g   Blair, P J ^a   Weissenbacher, M ^e   Birx, D L ^h   Sanchez, J L ^h   Olson, J G ^a,i   Carr, J K ^b   more..

^a California   (Peru)

^b HENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^c National AIDS Control Program   (Uruguay)

^d National AIDS Control Program   (Paraguay)

^e National Reference Center for AIDS   (Argentina)

^f Natl Lab of Reference for HIV AIDS   (Uruguay)

^g Tropical Medicine Institute   (Paraguay)

^h WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

ⁱ Unit 3800   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARAGUAY; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; URUGUAY; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADULT; ARGENTINA; FEMALE; HETERODUPLEX ANALYSIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV PROTEASE; HIV-1; HIV-1 REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARAGUAY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; URUGUAY;

EID: 5644263763     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2004.20.1022     Document Type: Article

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