Increased genetic diversity of HIV-1 circulating in Hong Kong

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Chen, Jonathan Hon Kwan ^a   Wong, Ka Hing ^b   Chen, Zhiwei ^a   Chan, Kenny ^b   Lam, Ho Yin ^a   Wai Chi, To Sabrina ^a   Cheng, Vincent Chi Chung ^a   Yuen, Kwok Yung ^a   Yam, Wing Cheong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Integrated Treatment Centre   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; POL PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT DNA; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FILIPINO; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION RESEARCH; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

DNA, RECOMBINANT; ENV GENE PRODUCTS, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POL GENE PRODUCTS, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 77957904564     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012198     Document Type: Article

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