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Envelope diversity, coreceptor usage and syncytium-inducing phenotype of HIV-1 variants in saliva and blood during primary infection.
AIDS (London, England) - 26 Sept 2003
Freel Stephanie A, Fiscus Susan A, Pilcher Christopher D, Menezes Prema, Giner Julieta, Patrick Ericka, Lennox Jeffrey L, Hicks Charles B, Eron Joseph J, Shugars Diane C
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OBJECTIVE: To determine whether oral fluids can serve as a model for studying HIV-1 shedding, we compared the genetic diversity, coreceptor use, and syncytium-inducing (SI) phenotype of viral variants in saliva and blood during primary HIV-1 infection. DESIGN: Observational cross-sectional cohort...
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