Article
Detection of genetically diverse human immunodeficiency virus type 1 group M and O isolates by PCR.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 May 1997
Respess R A, Butcher A, Wang H, Chaowanachan T, Young N, Shaffer N, Mastro T D, Biryahwaho B, Downing R, Tanuri A, Schechter M, Pascu R, Zekeng L, Kaptué L, Gürtler L, Eberle J, Ellenberger D, Fridlund C, Rayfield M, Kwok S
Abstract excerpt
A panel of 136 genetically diverse group M and 5 group O adult isolates from outside the United States and Europe were evaluated by PCR with the Roche AMPLICOR HIV-1 test, a modified version of the AMPLICOR HIV-1 test, and a new primer pair/probe system. Detection of some of these isolates was le...
Topics
- Adult
- Genetic Variation
- Genome, Viral
- HIV Infections
- HIV-1
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Polymerase Chain Reaction