Reverse transcriptase activity for quantitation of HIV-1 subtype C in plasma: relation to RNA copy number and CD4 T-cell count.

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Published in J Med Virol on February 01, 2006

Authors

Elizabeth Seyoum1, Dawit Wolday, Mulu Girma, Anders Malmsten, Tsehaynesh Meselle, J Simon Gronowitz, Sven Britton

Author Affiliations

1: Ethio-Netherlands AIDS Research Project (ENARP), Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute (EHNRI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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