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High divergence within the major HIV type 1 subtype B epidemic in Panama.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Nov 2008
Ahumada-Ruiz Sara, Casado Concepción, Toala-González Iván, Flores-Figueroa Dario, Rodríguez-French Amalia, López-Galíndez Cecilio
Abstract excerpt
The first molecular epidemiology study of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) in Panama has been performed with plasma samples from 66 AIDS patients infected by different transmission routes and obtained from distinct locations. All samples were amplified by RT-PCR and sequenced in gag (p17) and env (C2-C4) genes. Phylogenetic analyses revealed that 64 (97%) of the samples belong to subtype B. We also...
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