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Identification of a novel circulating recombinant form (CRF33_01B) disseminating widely among various risk populations in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) - 15 Dec 2006
Tee Kok Keng, Li Xiao-Jie, Nohtomi Kyoko, Ng Kee Peng, Kamarulzaman Adeeba, Takebe Yutaka
Abstract excerpt
A molecular epidemiological investigation was conducted among various risk populations (n = 184) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in 2003 to 2005, on the basis of nucleotide sequences of protease and reverse transcriptase regions. In addition to circulating HIV-1 strains, including CRF01_AE (57.1%), subtype B (20.1%), and subtype C (0.5%), we detected a candidate with a new circulating recombinant form (CRF). We...
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