Evaluation of HIV type 1 strains in men having sex with men and in female sex workers in Mombasa, Kenya

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 123-131

  Tovanabutra, Sodsai ^a   Sanders, Eduard J ^b,c   Graham, Susan M ^b,d   Mwangome, Mary ^b   Peshu, Norbert ^b   McClelland, R Scott ^d   Muhaari, Allan ^b   Crossler, Jacqueline ^a   Price, Matt A ^e   Gilmour, Jill ^e   Michael, Nelson L ^a   McCutchan, Francine M ^a,f  

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

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e INTERNATIONAL AIDS VACCINE INITIATIVE   (United States)

^f BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEF PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEF GENE PRODUCTS, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSTITUTION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 77149161153     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2009.0115     Document Type: Article

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