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HIV diversity in Venezuela: predominance of HIV type 1 subtype B and genomic characterization of non-B variants.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Mar 2009
Rangel Héctor R, Garzaro Domingo, Gutiérrez Cristina R, Vásquez Luzmary, Guillen Genni, Torres Jaime R, Pujol Flor H
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The aim of this study was the analysis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) diversity in Venezuela, and the characterization of variants other than subtype B. A total of 425 HIV isolates, collected between 2003 and 2008, were analyzed. The sequence of at least one genomic region (Pol, Env, Vif, or Nef ) was available for all of them and at least two genomic regions were analyzed in 46% of them. From the 425 HIV...
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