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Development and application of a high-throughput HIV type 1 genotyping assay to identify CRF02_AG in West/West Central Africa.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 May 2004
Kijak Gustavo H, Sanders-Buell Eric, Wolfe Nathan D, Mpoudi-Ngole Eitel, Kim Bohye, Brown Bruce, Robb Merlin L, Birx Deborah L, Burke Donald S, Carr Jean K, McCutchan Francine E
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In West/West Central Africa, CRF02_AG is the most prevalent HIV-1 strain and circulates in the milieu of rare subtypes, circulating recombinant forms (CRFs), and unique recombinant forms (URFs). The molecular complexity of HIV-1 epidemics in this region and the need to extensively sample large populations, such as in the case of vaccine trials, pose seemingly conflicting requirements between full-genome...
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