Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 intersubtype recombinants predominate in the AIDS epidemic in Cameroon

New Microbiologica

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 325-332

  Torimiro, Judith N ^a,d   D'Arrigo, Roberta ^c   Takou, Desire ^a   Nanfack, Aubin ^a   Pizzi, Daniele ^c   Ngong, Innocent ^a   Carr, Jean K ^e   Joseph, Fouda Pierre ^d   Perno, Carlo Federico ^c   Cappelli, Giulia ^a,b  

^a Chantal Biya International Reference Centre   (Cameroon)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Diversity; HIV; Recombinant forms

Indexed keywords

P16 PROTEASE, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; PROTEINASE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAMEROON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV PROTEASE; HIV REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 74249113795     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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