KI and WU polyomaviruses in patients infected with HIV-1, Italy

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1323-1325

  Babakir Mina, Muhammed ^a   Ciccozzi, Massimo ^b   Trento, Elisabetta ^c   Perno, Carlo Federico ^a   Ciotti, Marco ^a  

^a TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c SAN GALLICANO DERMATOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BK VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; ITALY; JC VIRUS; KI POLYOMAVIRUS; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMA VIRUS; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; WU POLYOMAVIRUS;

BASE SEQUENCE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, VIRAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; ITALY; PHYLOGENY; POLYOMAVIRUS; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 68049108420     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1508.090424     Document Type: Letter

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