Epidemiological and molecular characteristics of HIV infection in Gabon, 1986-1994

AIDS

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 903-910

  Delaporte, Eric ^a   Janssens, Wouter ^a,g   Peeters, Martine ^a,f   Buve, Anne ^a,e   Dibanga, Germaine ^d   Perret, Jean Luc ^c   Ditsambou, Vincent ^b   Mba, Jean Rémy ^a   Courbot, Marie Claude Georges ^a   Georges, Alain ^b   Bourgeois, Anke ^c   Samb, Badara ^d   Henzel, Daniel ^e   Heyndrickx, Leo ^f   Fransen, Katrien ^g   Van Groen, Guido Der ^a   Larouzé, Bernard ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c National AIDS Programme

^d General Hospital

^e National Laboratory

^f International Research Center   (Gabon)

^g BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; HIV; Prevalence; Variability

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GABON; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYLOGENY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 8944253294     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199607000-00014     Document Type: Article

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