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Identification of env CRF-10 among HIV variants circulating in rural western Kenya.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Feb 2003
Songok Elijah M, Lihana Raphael W, Kiptoo Michael K, Genga Isaiah O, Kibaya Rukia, Odhiambo Frida, Kobayashi Kana, Ago Yumi, Ndembi Nicaise, Okoth Frederick, Fujiyama Yoshihide, Imanishi Jiro, Ichimura Hiroshi
Abstract excerpt
As part of a program to determine the genetic diversity of human immunodeficiency virus in rural Kenya, we carried out a molecular analysis of the C2-V3 region of HIV-infected blood samples obtained from 30 antenatal clinic attendees of seven health centers in western Kenya. Direct sequencing was carried out on the envelope C2-V3 region of proviral DNA. On phylogenetic analysis with reference strains, 20 were...
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