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High genetic diversity of HIV-1 strains in Chad, West Central Africa.
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) - 1 Jun 2003
Vidal Nicole, Koyalta Donato, Richard Vincent, Lechiche Catherine, Ndinaromtan Thomas, Djimasngar Abakar, Delaporte Eric, Peeters Martine
Abstract excerpt
The genetic diversity of HIV-1 strains in Chad was documented with a total of 107 samples from patients attending the general hospital in N'Djamena, the capital city of Chad. The genetic subtypes were identified in the V3-V5 env and p24 gag regions by sequence and phylogenetic tree analyses. Of the 107 strains, 78 had the same subtype/CRF designation between env and gag. Four subtypes and three CRFs were found to...
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