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Analysis of the near full length genomes of HIV-1 subtypes B, F and BF recombinant from a cohort of 14 patients in São Paulo, Brazil.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Sept 2006
Sanabani Sabri, Kleine Neto Walter, Kalmar Erika M N, Diaz Ricardo Sobhie, Janini Luiz Mario, Sabino Ester Cerdeira
Abstract excerpt
The human immune deficiency virus (HIV) exhibits strikingly tremendous amount of genetic variability. Such feature is critically important for the virus to adapt to environmental changes by escaping the host immune system and by escaping candidate vaccine. Therefore, understanding of such diversity is fundamental for the design of successful drugs or vaccine, which is urgently needed to bring the HIV/AIDS...
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