Open AccessHuman Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infection after Sexual Abuse: Value of Nucleic Acid Sequence Analysis in Identifying the Offender
Author(s) -
Sibylle Banaschak,
Marianne Werwein,
Bernd Brinkmann,
Ilona Hauber
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/318152
Subject(s) - nucleic acid , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , virology , sequence (biology) , medicine , virus , sexual abuse , biology , genetics , poison control , suicide prevention , medical emergency
Nucleic acid sequence analysis of human immunodeficiency virus type 1-specific sequences allowed the identification of the source of infection in a case of sexual abuse of a 10-year-old girl.
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