An outbreak of HIV-1 BC recombinants in Southern Italy

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 370-373

  Monno, Laura ^a   Brindicci, Gaetano ^a   Lai, Alessia ^b   Punzi, Grazia ^a   Altamura, Maurantonio ^a   Simonetti, Francesco Roberto ^b   Ladisa, Nicoletta ^a   Saracino, Annalisa ^a,c   Balotta, Claudia ^b   Angarano, Gioacchino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

BC recombinants; HIV 1; Italy; Men who have sex with men

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN GP 120; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 41; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PROTEINASE; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 BC RECOMBINANT; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MONOPHYLY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS TYPING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POL GENE PRODUCTS, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867892684     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2012.08.014     Document Type: Article

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