HIV transmission patterns among the Netherlands, Suriname, and the Netherlands Antilles: A molecular epidemiological study

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 123-130

  Kramer, Merlijn A ^a   Cornelissen, Marion ^b   Paraskevis, Dimitrios ^c   Prins, Maria ^a,b   Coutinho, Roel A ^b,d   Van Sighem, Ard I ^b   Sabajo, Lesley ^e   Duits, Ashley J ^f   Winkel, Cai N ^f   Prins, Jan M ^b   Van Der Ende, Marchina E ^g   Kauffmann, Robert H ^h   Op De Coul, Eline L ^d  

^a Amsterdam Health Service   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^e Ministry of Health   (Suriname)

^f CENTRAL LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

^g ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h HAGA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAG PROTEIN; POL PROTEIN; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; NETHERLANDS ANTILLES; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURINAME; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; NETHERLANDS ANTILLES; PHYLOGENY; SURINAME;

EID: 79951712581     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2010.0115     Document Type: Article

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