High frequency of HIV-1 dual infections in cameroon, West Central Africa

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Ndembi, Nicaise ^a,b   Iwamoto, Shizuka ^c   Ngansop, Charlotte ^a   Lemey, Philippe ^d   Abimiku, Alashle ^b   Mbanya, Dora ^a   Kaptue, Lazare Noche ^a,e   Ido, Eiji ^f,g  

^a Université de Yaoundé I   (Cambodia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF HUMAN VIROLOGY NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^f Higher Institute of Public Health Sciences   (Cambodia)

^g TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL AFRICA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MIXED INFECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS STRAIN;

BLOOD DONORS; CAMEROON; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 79957961405     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3182142082     Document Type: Letter

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