Short communication: HIV type 1 genetic diversity among tea plantation workers in Kericho, Kenya

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1061-1064

  Arroyo, Miguel A ^a,e   Sateren, Warren B ^a   Foglia, Ginamarie ^b,f   Kibaya, Rukia ^b   Langat, Lilian ^b,g   Wasunna, Monique ^b   Bautista, Christian T ^c   Scott, Paul T ^c   Shaffer, Douglas N ^b   Robb, Merlin L ^c   Michael, Nelson L ^a   Birx, Deborah L ^a,d,h   McCutchan, Francine E ^a,d  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c HENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

^e ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

^f SANOFI PASTEUR   (France)

^g INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^h CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS VACCINE; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INFECTION PREVENTION; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MULTIREGION HYBRIDIZATION ASSAY; PLANTATION; PLASMA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TEA; VACCINATION; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TYPING; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS VACCINES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MUTATION; PREVALENCE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71949091166     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2009.0092     Document Type: Article

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