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Identification of a novel circulating recombinant form (CRF) 36_cpx in Cameroon that combines two CRFs (01_AE and 02_AG) with ancestral lineages of subtypes A and G.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Aug 2007
Powell Rebecca L R, Zhao Jiangqin, Konings Frank A J, Tang Shixing, Nanfack Aubin, Burda Sherri, Urbanski Mateusz M, Saa D R, Hewlett Indira, Nyambi Phillipe N
Abstract excerpt
An array of CRFs have been identified in Cameroon, the most notable being CRF02_AG. HIV-1 in the East Province of Cameroon is particularly diverse: in a recent study, we found a high proportion of unique recombinant forms (URFs). Herein we describe the analysis of the full-length sequences of two of these URFs, which, after preliminary analysis of gag, pol, and env fragments, appeared to be a novel CRF. This...
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