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Identification and characterization of HIV type 1 subtypes present in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: high level of genetic diversity found.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 May 2007
Badreddine Samar, Smith Kevin, van Zyl Herman, Bodelle Pierre, Yamaguchi Julie, Swanson Priscilla, Devare Sushil G, Brennan Catherine A
Abstract excerpt
Saudi Arabia has a very low prevalence of HIV infections and nothing is known about HIV strains present in the population. Here specimens were collected from 62 HIV-1-infected patients at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Viral sequences were PCR amplified using primers for HIV-1 group M in gag p24, pol integrase, and env gp41 and genetic subtype was determined by...
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