Extensive and complex HIV-1 recombination between B', C and CRF01-AE among IDUs in south-east Asia

AIDS

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1121-1129

  Pang, Wei ^a   Zhang, Chiyu ^b   Duo, Lin ^c   Zhou, Yan Heng ^a   Yao, Zhi Hong ^a   Liu, Feng Liang ^a   Li, Hong ^d   Tu, Yuan Quan ^e   Zheng, Yong Tang ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Second People's Hospital   (China)

^d YUNNAN PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^e Yunnan Kunming Blood Center   (China)

Author keywords

HIV 1; IDUs; northern Myanmar; recombination

Indexed keywords

POL PROTEIN; PROTEIN P17;

ARTICLE; ASIA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYANMAR; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS RECOMBINATION;

ADULT; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYANMAR; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA, VIRAL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 84862777469     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3283522c97     Document Type: Article

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