Article
Gender differences in HIV-1 diversity at time of infection.
Nature medicine - 1 Jan 2000
Long E M, Martin H L, Kreiss J K, Rainwater S M, Lavreys L, Jackson D J, Rakwar J, Mandaliya K, Overbaugh J
Abstract excerpt
To develop an HIV-1 vaccine with global efficacy, it is important to identify and characterize the viruses that are transmitted, particularly to individuals living in areas of high incidence. Several studies have shown that virus from the blood of acutely infected adults was homogeneous, even when the virus population in the index case was genetically diverse. In contrast to those results with mainly male cohorts...
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