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Prevalence and genetic diversity of HIV type 1 subtypes A and D in women attending antenatal clinics in Uganda.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 May 2007
Herbeck Joshua T, Lyagoba Frederick, Moore Sarah W, Shindo Nice, Biryahwaho Benon, Kaleebu Pontiano, Mullins James I
Abstract excerpt
To monitor the relative prevalence and evolutionary trends of HIV-1 in Uganda, we conducted a retrospective study of pregnant women over the time period 1989-2000. From a total of 300 women sampled, we defined subtypes by heteroduplex mobility assay for 230 subjects and by partial sequencing and phylogenetic analyses of the env gene for 216 subjects. Subtypes A and D were most prevalent, and there were no...
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