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Detection of HIV type 1 non-B subtypes in Sicily, Italy.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Feb 2004
Tramuto Fabio, Vitale Francesco, Bonura Filippa, Romano Nino
Abstract excerpt
To evaluate the presence of HIV-1 non-B subtypes in Sicily, we sequenced and genotyped HIV-1 PR and RT regions of the pol gene using plasma from 169 HIV-1-infected adult patients. All samples were obtained from a study of antiretroviral-associated resistance mutations resulting in virological failure during highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Eight (4.7%) patients had the non-B HIV-1 subtype including...
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