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HIV-1 with predicted CXCR4 genotype identified in clade C from India.
Molecular diagnosis & therapy - 1 Jan 2009
Kandathil Abraham Joseph, Kannangai Rajesh, Abraham Oriapadickal Cherian, Pulimood Susanne Alexander, Jensen Mark A, Sridharan Gopalan
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: HIV-1 uses co-receptors CCR5 and CXCR4 in addition to CD4 for viral entry into cells. CCR5 is used in the early stages of HIV-1 infection, but viruses that utilize CXCR4 for viral entry emerge in the later stages. This is not common among clade C strains, with previous data from India showing the absence of the emergence of CXCR4-using strains. Sequence analysis has demonstrated that the...
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