Article
HIV-1 genetic diversity in antenatal cohort, Canada.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Aug 2005
Akouamba Bertine S, Viel Janique, Charest Hugues, Merindol Natacha, Samson Johanne, Lapointe Normand, Brenner Bluma G, Lalonde Richard, Harrigan P Richard, Boucher Marc, Soudeyns Hugo
Abstract excerpt
We studied HIV genetic diversity in a cohort of 127 pregnant, HIV-infected women who received prenatal care at Sainte-Justine Hospital in Montreal, Canada, between 1999 and 2003. Clade assignments were derived by phylogenetic analysis of amplified pol sequences. Genotyping was successful in 103 of 127 women, 59 (57.3%) of whom were infected with clade B HIV-1, and 44 (42.7%) with nonclade B viruses, including...
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