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Polymorphism, recombination, and mutations in HIV type 1 gag-infecting Peruvian male sex workers.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Nov 2008
Yabar Carlos Augusto, Salvatierra Javier, Quijano Eberth
Abstract excerpt
HIV genetic diversity in female sex workers (FSW) has been previously described in Peru; however this information is not yet available for male sex workers (MSW). Therefore, purified peripheral blood mononuclear cell DNA from 147 HIV-infected subjects identified as MSW and FSW was used to amplify a 460-bp fragment corresponding to the p24-p7 region of the gag gene. The PCR product was digested with restriction...
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