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Primary isolates of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 are usually dominated by the major variants found in blood.
Journal of virology - 1 Oct 2007
Voronin Yegor, Chohan Bhavna, Emerman Michael, Overbaugh Julie
Abstract excerpt
The isolation of primary strains of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is an invaluable tool for assessing properties of viruses replicating in HIV-infected subjects. A common method for obtaining a primary isolate is coculture of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from HIV-infected subjects with PBMCs from uninfected donors. However, such in vitro expansion may disturb the composition (identities and...
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