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Surprisingly high prevalence of subtype C and specific HIV-1 subtype/CRF distribution in men having sex with men in Senegal.
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) - 1 Oct 2009
Ndiaye Halimatou Diop, Toure-Kane Coumba, Vidal Nicole, Niama Fabien Roch, Niang-Diallo Pape Amadou, Dièye Tandakha, Gaye-Diallo Aissatou, Wade Abdoulaye Sidibe, Peeters Martine, Mboup Souleymane
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Recent reports showed the high vulnerability for HIV infection of men who have sex with men (MSM) in Africa. Here, we report the HIV-1 variants that circulate among MSM in Senegal. METHODS: HIV-1 subtype/circulating recombinant form (CRF) was determined in an 1800-base pair fragment of pol for 70 HIV-1-positive samples from MSM. Phylogenetic trees were constructed using the neighbor-joining method...
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