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Outbreak of a West African recombinant of HIV-1 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) - 15 Aug 2005
Carr Jean K, Nadai Yuka, Eyzaguirre Lindsay, Saad Magdi D, Khakimov Mumtaz M, Yakubov Shavkat K, Birx Deborah L, Graham R Ross, Wolfe Nathan D, Earhart Kenneth C, Sanchez Jose L
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OBJECTIVES: This research describes the genetic diversity of HIV-1 in Uzbekistan. METHODS: During 2002 and 2003, blood from HIV-positive patients in Uzbekistan was collected, and part of the proviral pol gene and nearly full-length genomes were sequenced and analyzed. RESULTS: Among 142 Uzbek strains, most clustered genetically with the subtype A strain common in the former Soviet Union. Most of these subtype...
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