Article
HIV type 1 V3 serotyping of Tanzanian samples: probable reasons for mismatching with genetic subtyping.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 20 Jan 1998
Hoelscher M, Hanker S, Barin F, Cheingsong-Popov R, Dietrich U, Jordan-Harder B, Olaleye D, Nägele E, Markuzzi A, Mwakagile D, Minja F, Weber J, Gürtler L, Von Sonnenburg F
Abstract excerpt
HIV-1 V3 serotyping is used to classify immunodeficiency viruses on the basis of antibody binding to V3 peptides derived from env genetic subtypes. Although it shows a reasonable overlap, it has been reported to be distinct from viral genetic subtypes. The aim of this study is to determine the fe...
Topics
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Data Interpretation, Statistical
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Genotype
- HIV Envelope Protein gp120
- HIV-1
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Neural Networks, Computer
- Peptide Fragments
- Protein Structure, Secondary