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Identification of a possible ancestor of the subtype A1 HIV Type 1 variant circulating in the former Soviet Union.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Oct 2008
Riva Chiara, Romano Laura, Saladini Francesco, Lai Alessia, Carr Jean K, Francisci Daniela, Balotta Claudia, Zazzi Maurizio
Abstract excerpt
The HIV-1 subsubtype A1 epidemic of the former Soviet Union (FSU) was caused by an A1 variant apparently derived from a single introduction event. We identified an A1 variant highly related to the A1 lineage circulating in the FSU in a patient from Conakry, Republic of Guinea, who was diagnosed with HIV-1 when he moved to Italy in 2002. The most probable route of infection was two blood transfusions received in...
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