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HIV type 1 genetic variability in the northern part of Cameroon.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 20 Jul 1999
Mboudjeka I, Zekeng L, Takehisa J, Miura T, Ido E, Yamashita M, Kaptue L, Hayami M
Abstract excerpt
In 1995, 53 blood samples from Muslim patients with AIDS, or who were thought to have AIDS, were collected in the main hospitals of Adamaoua Province, in the northern part of Cameroon. The variable env C2V3 region of HIV-1 was amplified by nested PCR and phylogenetically analyzed. The results indicated that of 15 amplified samples, 1 belonged to HIV-1 group O, 1 to HIV-1 subtype D, 1 to subtype G, 2 to subtype H,...
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