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Genetic variation in mother-child acute seroconverter pairs from Zambia.
AIDS (London, England) - 23 Apr 2008
Hoffmann Federico G, He Xiang, West John T, Lemey Philippe, Kankasa Chipepo, Wood Charles
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To characterize the envelope (Env) glycoprotein of HIV-1 in mother-infant pairs (MIP) that underwent near simultaneous or acute-phase seroconversion, we examined the Env sequence of the transmitted viruses and compare viral evolution within the pair. DESIGN: Three MIP from a Zambian cohort that seroconverted at the same sampling time were identified and followed longitudinally. METHODS: The V1-V5...
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