Absence of xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus in blood cells of men at risk for and infected with HIV

AIDS

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1784-1785

  Kunstman, Kevin J ^a   Bhattacharya, Tanmoy ^b   Flaherty, John ^a   Phair, John P ^a   Wolinsky, Steven M ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS; XENOTROPIC MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS RELATED VIRUS;

DNA, VIRAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA VIRUS, MURINE; MALE; RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 77954346336     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32833b76fb     Document Type: Article

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