Highly divergent subtypes and new recombinant forms prevail in the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Angola: New insights into the origins of the AIDS pandemic

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 672-682

  Bártolo, Inês ^a   Rocha, Cheila ^a   Bartolomeu, José ^b   Gama, António ^c   Marcelino, Rute ^d   Fonseca, Marlene ^e   Mendes, Ana ^e   Epalanga, Marta ^b   Silva, Patrícia Cavaco ^a,f   Taveira, Nuno ^a,d,f  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MEDICINES IMED ULISBOA   (Portugal)

^b Centro Nacional de Sangue   (Angola)

^c Malongo Medical Department   (Angola)

^d Instituto de Medicina Molecular   (Portugal)

^e Hospital Militar Principal   (Angola)

^f INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE EGAS MONIZ   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Angola; HIV 1; Molecular epidemiology; Recombinants; Subtypes

Indexed keywords

GAG PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGOLA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANDEMIC; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGOLA; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 68949103933     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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