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Timing of the HIV-1 subtype C epidemic in Ethiopia based on early virus strains and subsequent virus diversification.
AIDS (London, England) - 17 Aug 2001
Abebe A, Lukashov V V, Pollakis G, Kliphuis A, Fontanet A L, Goudsmit J, de Wit T F
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To trace the introduction of HIV-1 subtype C into Ethiopia based on virus diversification during the epidemic. DESIGN: A set of 474 serum samples obtained in Ethiopia in 1982-1985 was tested for HIV-1. HIV-1 env gp120 V3 and gag or pol regions were sequenced and analysed together with sequences from later stages of the epidemic. RESULTS: None of 98 samples from 1982-1983, one of 193 samples from 1984,...
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