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Full-length HIV type 1 proviral sequencing of 10 highly exposed women from Nairobi, Kenya reveals a high proportion of intersubtype recombinants.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Jun 2008
Land Allison M, Ball T Blake, Luo Ma, Rutherford John, Sarna Caitlin, Wachihi Charles, Kimani Joshua, Plummer Francis A
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Phylogenetic analysis has revealed that the current HIV/AIDS pandemic consists of a multitude of different viral clades and recombinant viruses. The predominant circulating HIV-1 clade in Kenya is A1; however, Kenya borders countries where different subtypes are prominent, making Kenya a likely location for recombination. Previous studies have reported significant differences in the proportions of sequences in...
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