Article
Molecular genotyping of HIV-1 in 61 patients with AIDS from Lomé, Togo.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jan 1999
Davies F J, d'Almeida O, Timmers E, d'Ameida J, Fasken M, Bassabi K, Lee H, Allain J P
Abstract excerpt
To study the distribution of HIV types and genotypes, in Lomé, Togo, a random population of patients who met the clinical criteria of the Bangui definition of AIDS and were positive with two independent screening assays for antibodies to HIV-1 group M, HIV-2, and HIV-1 group O was selected. HIV R...
Topics
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Adult
- Antibodies, Viral
- Antibody Specificity
- Female
- Genes, gag
- Genotype
- HIV-1
- HIV-2
- Humans
- Male
- Molecular Epidemiology
- Phylogeny
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- RNA, Viral
- Togo
