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Identification of two HIV type 1 circulating recombinant forms in Brazil.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Jan 2006
De Sá Filho Dercy José, Sucupira M Cecilia A, Caseiro Marcos M, Casiero Marcos M, Sabino Ester C, Diaz Ricardo Sobhie, Janini Luiz Mario
Abstract excerpt
Recombination is an important way to generate genetic diversity. Accumulation of HIV-1 full-length genomes in databases demonstrated that recombination is pervasive in viral strains collected globally. Recombinant forms achieving epidemiological relevance are termed circulating recombinant forms (CRFs). CRF12_BF was up to now the only CRF described in South America. The objective was to identify the first CRF in...
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