A historical reflection on the discovery of human retroviruses

Retrovirology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Vahlne, Anders ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE; INTERLEUKIN 2; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DNA LIBRARY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 2; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LENTIVIRINAE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PATENT; RETROVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY; EDITORIAL; FRANCE; HISTORY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; RETROVIRUS INFECTION; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; LENTIVIRUS;

FRANCE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; RETROVIRIDAE; RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

EID: 66749192629     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-40     Document Type: Review

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