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Biological properties of HIV-1 subtype B' isolates from infected Chinese blood donors at different disease stages.
Virology - 5 Feb 2009
Chen Yue, Shen Chengli, Wu Hao, Caruso Lori, Ratner Deena, Rodriguez Milka, Chen Xinyue, Gupta Phalguni
Abstract excerpt
Unsanitary blood/plasma collecting activities in central China during the 1990's caused a high prevalence of blood-borne HIV-1 infection. Although the genetic characterization of the proviral DNA of HIV-1 circulating in the infected former blood donors (FBDs) has been reported, there is little information about the biological characteristics of virus isolates in these FBDs. In this study, we have examined the...
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