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Genetic variability of human immunodeficiency virus type 2 C2V3 region within and between individuals from Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, West Africa.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Sept 2000
Parreira R, Esteves A, Santos C, Piedade J, Venenno T, Canas-Ferreira W F
Abstract excerpt
The V3 loop of both HIV-1 and HIV-2 is characterized by a high degree of genetic variation. To investigate the spectrum of HIV-2 variability in nature we have focused on the C2V3 region of Env and analyzed 108 viral sequences obtained from uncultured peripheral blood mononuclear cells obtained from 16 HIV-2-seropositive individuals from Bissau (Guinea-Bissau). The estimated values of genetic divergence between...
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