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Genetic diversity of GBV-C/HGV strains among HIV infected-IVDU and blood donors from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Virus research - 15 Dec 1999
Oubiña J R, Mathet V, Feld M, Della Latta M P, Ferrario D, Verdun R, Libonatti O, Fernández J, Carballal G, Sánchez D O, Quarleri J F
Abstract excerpt
GBV-C/HGV RNA was investigated in serum samples from 70 HIV(+) intravenous drug users (IVDU), as well as from 200 blood donors from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Viral RNA was demonstrated in 21 IVDU by reverse transcription-nested PCR of the 5' UTR. c-DNA amplified products were analyzed and their sequences compared with those downloaded from GenBank. A phylogenetic tree based on 171 sequences demonstrated the...
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