High genetic diversity of HIV-1 was found in men who have sex with men in Shijiazhuang, China

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1487-1492

  Li, Lin ^a   Lu, Xinli ^b   Li, Hanping ^a   Chen, Lili ^a,c   Wang, Zheng ^a   Liu, Yongjian ^a   Bao, Zuoyi ^a   Li, Tianyi ^a   Tian, Chong ^a   Liu, Hongxin ^a   Zhuang, Daomin ^a   Liu, Siyang ^a   Li, Jingyun ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^b Hebei Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^c LANZHOU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Drug resistance; HIV 1; MSM; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

GAG PROTEIN; POL PROTEIN; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROUP SPECIFIC ANTIGEN GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; STRUCTURAL GENE; VIRUS ENVELOPE GENE; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADULT; CHINA; GENETIC VARIATION; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; YOUNG ADULT;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 79960418882     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2011.05.017     Document Type: Article

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