HIV type 1 subtype surveillance in central Kenya

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 228-231

  Kageha, Sheila ^a   Lihana, Raphael W ^a,b   Okoth, Vincent ^a   Mwau, Matilu ^a   Okoth, Fredrick A ^a   Songok, Elijah M ^a   Ngaira, Jane M ^c   Khamadi, Samoel A ^a  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN GP 41; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV-1; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84858066531     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: 19318405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2011.0089     Document Type: Article

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