Detection of the protease codon 35 amino acid insertion in sequences from treatment-naïve HIV-1 subtype C infected individuals in the Central Region of Portugal

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 169-172

  Pereira Vaz, João ^a   Duque, Vitor ^a   Trindade, Luís ^a   Saraiva da Cunha, José ^a   Meliço Silvestre, António ^a  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

HIV 1; Insertion; Protease; Subtype C

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; INDINAVIR; LAMIVUDINE; LOPINAVIR; PROTEINASE; RITONAVIR; VIRUS RNA; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; STRUCTURAL GENE; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 69449106866     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2009.06.019     Document Type: Article

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