HIV-1 diversity in Romania

AIDS

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1079-1085

  Apetrei, Cristian ^a,d   Necula, Adriana ^b   Holm Hansen, Carol ^c   Loussert Ajaka, Ibtissam ^a   Pandrea, Ivona ^d   Cozmei, Carmen ^e   Streinu Cercel, Adrian ^f   Pascu, Flavia Rodica ^g   Negut, Eugenia ^h   Molnar, Geza ⁱ   Duca, Mihai ^d   Pecec, Mihai ^b   Brun Vézinet, Françoise ^a   Simon, François ^a  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b National Institute for Transfusional Haematology   (Romania)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^d GRIGORE T POPA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^e Institute for Medical Hygiene   (Romania)

^f Carol Davila School of Medicine   (Romania)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^h CANTACUZINO INSTITUTE   (Romania)

ⁱ Ministry of Health   (Romania)

Author keywords

Heteroduplex mobility assay; HIV 1 genetic sequence; HIV 1 subtypes; Molecular epidemiology; Nosocomial infection; Romania; V3 serotyping

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROMANIA; SEROTYPING; VIRUS TYPING;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHILD; GENOTYPE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ROMANIA; SEROTYPING; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 7144229348     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199809000-00016     Document Type: Article

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