HIV-1 Subtypes and Recombinants in Northern Tanzania: Distribution of Viral Quasispecies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Kiwelu, Ireen E ^a,b   Novitsky, Vladimir ^c   Margolin, Lauren ^c   Baca, Jeannie ^c   Manongi, Rachel ^a,b   Sam, Noel ^a,b   Shao, John ^a   McLane, Mary F ^c   Kapiga, Saidi H ^b,d   Essex, M ^b  

^a KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^b Kilimanjaro Reproductive Health Program   (Tanzania)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN GP 120; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BAR WORKER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TEMPLATE; DRUG DESIGN; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOTEL WORKER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOSAICISM; NONHUMAN; NONMEDICAL OCCUPATIONS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TANZANIA; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS CLASSIFICATION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS RECOMBINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENE PRODUCTS, REV; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV-1; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX WORKERS; TANZANIA;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 84868298799     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047605     Document Type: Article

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