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Genetic diversity and high proportion of intersubtype recombinants among HIV type 1-infected pregnant women in Kisumu, western Kenya.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 May 2004
Yang Chunfu, Li Ming, Shi Ya-Ping, Winter Jorn, van Eijk Anna M, Ayisi John, Hu Dale J, Steketee Richard, Nahlen Bernard L, Lal Renu B
Abstract excerpt
The high genetic diversity of HIV-1 continues to complicate effective vaccine development. To better understand the extent of genetic diversity, intersubtype recombinants and their relative contribution to the HIV epidemic in Kenya, we undertook a detailed molecular epidemiological investigation on HIV-1-infected women attending an antenatal clinic in Kisumu, Kenya. Analysis of gag-p24 region from 460 specimens...
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