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Emerging issues in AIDS: variant strains of human immunodeficiency virus and its subtypes.
MLO: medical laboratory observer - 1 Feb 1998
Paul S M, Cross H, Costa S J, Pierce M, Pizzuti W, Morgan D H, Ziskin L Z
Abstract excerpt
The emergence of variant strains of HIV has triggered the need for active local, national, and global surveillance. Some new strains identified in the US cannot be detected reliably with current test kits--a problem with important implications for blood safety and for diagnosis and prevention of AIDS.
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