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Evidence of a novel B/C recombinant exhibiting unique breakpoints of near full-length HIV type 1 genome from Northeastern India.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Feb 2008
Lakhashe Samir, Tripathy Srikanth, Paranjape Ramesh, Bhattacharya Jayanta
Abstract excerpt
Despite the predominance of the HIV-1 clade C in India, the presence of other subtypes and recombinants has been reported. Here we report the identification of a novel HIV-1 B/C recombinant isolated from Northeast India and characterized near full length genome of the recombinant virus. Bootscan analysis of the nearly full-length genome showed a unique mosaic structure consisting of a subtype B backbone with...
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