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Phenotypic characterization of HIV type 1 isolates from Ghana.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Jan 2007
Brandful J A M, Coetzer M E, Cilliers T, Phoswa M, Papathanasopoulos M A, Morris L, Moore P L
Abstract excerpt
Viral isolates from 27 HIV-1-infected patients in Ghana, most of whom were symptomatic, were characterized for coreceptor usage using MT-2 and U87.CD4 cells. Irrespective of clinical status, most infections were caused by CCR5-tropic viruses although three CXCR4-tropic viruses were also found. Genotyping was performed by sequencing the gp41 region. Seven viruses clustered with subtype G reference strains, while...
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