Potential impact of viral load and genetic makeup of HIV type 1 on mother-to-child transmission: Characterization of env-C2V3C3 and nef sequences

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1171-1177

  Pádua, Elizabeth ^a   Parreira, Ricardo ^b   Tendeiro, Rita ^a   Nunes, Baltazar ^a   Castela, João ^c   Soares, Isabel ^d   Mouzinho, Ana ^e   Reis, Eduarda ^f   Paixão, Maria Teresa ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^c Hospital Dr Alfredo da Costa   (Portugal)

^d HOSPITAL GARCIA DE ORTA   (Portugal)

^e HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^f HOSPITAL DE SÃO FRANCISCO XAVIER   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOSAIC VIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; CHILD; ENV GENE PRODUCTS, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HIV ENVELOPE PROTEIN GP120; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEF GENE PRODUCTS, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 71949130896     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2009.0103     Document Type: Article

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