Article
Genetic comparison of HIV-1 isolates from Africa, Europe, and North America.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Aug 1992
Louwagie J, McCutchan F, Van der Groen G, Peeters M, Fransen K, Piot P, Gershy-Damet G M, Roelants G, Van Heuverswyn H, Eddy G
Abstract excerpt
Laboratory scientists used anchored polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and DNA sequencing to compare HIV-1 isolates from countries in Africa (Ivory Coast, Gabon, Zaire, Kenya, and others), Europe (Belgium and other countries), and the US. The US isolates had the most homogenous PCR profile followed...
Topics
- Africa
- Base Sequence
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- DNA, Viral
- Europe
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Variation
- HIV-1
- North America
- Polymerase Chain Reaction