Genetic subtyping of gag and env regions of HIV type 1 isolates in Republic of Congo

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1005-1009

  Bikandou, Blaise ^a,b,c   Ndoundou Nkodia, Marie Yvonne ^b   Niama, Fabien Roch ^b   Ekwalanga, Michel ^a,d   Obengui, Obengui ^e   Taty Taty, Raphael ^f   Parra, Henri Joseph ^b   Saragosti, Sentob ^a  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Laboratoire National de Sante Publique Congo   (Congo)

^c VIH/Sida au Congo (CIPRAco)   (Congo)

^d Inst Natl de Rech Biomedicales   (Nigeria)

^e Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Brazzaville   (Congo)

^f Centre de Pathologie Infectieuse   (Congo)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAG PROTEIN; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONGO; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SEROPREVALENCE; SUPERINFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONGO; FEMALE; GENES, ENV; GENES, GAG; HETERODUPLEX ANALYSIS; HIV CORE PROTEIN P24; HIV ENVELOPE PROTEIN GP120; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 5644298812     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/0889222042222737     Document Type: Article

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