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Identification of CRF10_CD viruses among bar and hotel workers in Moshi, Northern Tanzania.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Oct 2005
Kiwelu Ireen E, Koulinska Irene N, Nkya Watoky M M M, Shao John, Kapiga Saidi, Essex Max
Abstract excerpt
We recently identified an HIV-1 subtype C and D circulating recombinant form (CRF10_CD) in infants in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. So far, this is the only reported HIV-1 CRF in East Africa. However, evidence for its spread in the adult population is scarce. Here we describe the presence of CRF10_CD in two asymptomatic bar and hotel workers in Moshi, Northern Tanzania. Subgenomic sequences from gag (3'p24-5'p7), env...
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