The prevalence of diverse HIV-1 strains was stable in Cameroonian blood donors from 1996 to 2004

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 432-439

  Brennan, Catherine A ^a,f   Bodelle, Pierre ^a   Coffey, Ruthie ^a   Devare, Sushil G ^a   Golden, Alan ^a   Hackett Jr , John ^a   Harris, Barbara ^a   Holzmayer, Vera ^a   Luk, Ka Cheung ^a   Schochetman, Gerald ^a   Swanson, Priscilla ^a   Yamaguchi, Julie ^a   Vallari, Ana ^a   Ndembi, Nicaise ^b   Ngansop, Charlotte ^b   Makamche, Florence ^b   Mbanya, Dora ^b   Gürtler, Lutz G ^c   Zekeng, Leopold ^d   Kaptué, Lazare ^b,e  

^a ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^d UNAIDS   (Ghana)

^e Higher Institute of Public Health Sciences   (Cameroon)

^f ABBOTT DIAGNOSTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cameroon; HIV 1; Strain diversity; Strain prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN P24; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 41; INTEGRASE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; CAMEROON; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS STRAIN;

BLOOD DONORS; CAMEROON; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 57649112721     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31818a6561     Document Type: Article

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