Surprisingly high prevalence of subtype C and specific HIV-1 subtype/CRF distribution in men having sex with men in Senegal

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 249-252

  Ndiaye, Halimatou Diop ^a   Toure Kane, Coumba ^a   Vidal, Nicole ^b   Niama, Fabien Roch ^a   Niang Diallo, Pape Amadou ^a   Dièye, Tandakha ^a   Gaye Diallo, Aissatou ^a   Wade, Abdoulaye Sidibe ^c   Peeters, Martine ^b   Mboup, Souleymane ^a  

^a Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Aristide Le Dantec de Dakar   (Senegal)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c Division de Lutte Contre le VIH/SIDA/IST   (Senegal)

Author keywords

HIV 1 diversity; MSM; Senegal; Subtype C

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BISEXUAL MALE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 SUBTYPE C; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 SUBTYPE CIRCULATING RECOMBINANT FORM; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENEGAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POL GENE PRODUCTS, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PREVALENCE; SENEGAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349653901     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181af70a4     Document Type: Article

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