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HIV type 1 genetic diversity surveillance among newly diagnosed individuals from 2003 to 2005 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Oct 2007
Dilernia Dario A, Gomez Alejandro M, Lourtau Leonardo, Marone Rubén, Losso Marcelo H, Salomón Horacio, Gómez-Carrillo Manuel
Abstract excerpt
To perform a diversity surveillance study we characterized viral subtypes among newly diagnosed individuals in Buenos Aires city. Plasma samples were collected from 322 drug-naive newly diagnosed HIV-1 individuals attending two voluntary counseling and testing centers. Sequences of pol and vpu genes were obtained from 283 samples and viral subtype was characterized by Neighbor-joining trees and Bootscanning...
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