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The influence of the expanding HIV genetic diversity on molecular diagnosis in the Philippines.
International journal of STD & AIDS - 1 Feb 2003
Espantaleon A, Kageyama S, Bernardo M T, Nakano T, Leaño P S, Alban P, Abrenica R, Morimatsu S, Teraoka H, Agdamag D M
Abstract excerpt
Since the discovery in the Philippines of the first AIDS case in 1984, several subtypes of HIV-1 have been discovered. From the persons diagnosed in the early 1980s only subtype B was found and thereafter other subtypes, C, D, E, and F were also identified although HIV was not particularly prevalent at that time. In this paper, we determine whether the rapid expansion of genetic diversity will influence molecular...
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