Plasma viral loads during early HIV-1 infection are similar in subtype C-and non-subtype C-infected African seroconverters

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 207, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1166-1170

  Campbell, Mary S ^a   Kahle, Erin M ^a   Celum, Connie ^a   Lingappa, Jairam R ^a,b   Kapiga, Saidi ^c   Mujugira, Andrew ^a   Mugo, Nelly R ^a   Fife, Kenneth H ^d   Mullins, James I ^a   Baeten, Jared M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; early infection; group M subtype; HIV 1; plasma viral load

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 SUBTYPE A; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 SUBTYPE C; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 SUBTYPE D; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AFRICA, EASTERN; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; ENV GENE PRODUCTS, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FEMALE; GAG GENE PRODUCTS, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS; VIRAL LOAD; VIREMIA;

EID: 84874696210     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jit015     Document Type: Article

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