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Selection of HIV variants with signature genotypic characteristics during heterosexual transmission.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 15 Feb 2009
Sagar Manish, Laeyendecker Oliver, Lee Sandra, Gamiel Jordyn, Wawer Maria J, Gray Ronald H, Serwadda David, Sewankambo Nelson K, Shepherd James C, Toma Jonathan, Huang Wei, Quinn Thomas C
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BACKGROUND: Newly infected subjects acquire a limited number of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) variants with specific genotypic and phenotypic features from the array of viruses present in a chronically infected transmitting partner. METHODS: We examined HIV-1 envelope sequences from the earliest available serum sample after HIV-1 acquisition in 13 newly infected subjects and from their...
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