Article
Compartmentalization of HIV-1 within the female genital tract is due to monotypic and low-diversity variants not distinct viral populations.
PloS one - 22 Sept 2009
Bull Marta, Learn Gerald, Genowati Indira, McKernan Jennifer, Hitti Jane, Lockhart David, Tapia Kenneth, Holte Sarah, Dragavon Joan, Coombs Robert, Mullins James, Frenkel Lisa
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Compartmentalization of HIV-1 between the genital tract and blood was noted in half of 57 women included in 12 studies primarily using cell-free virus. To further understand differences between genital tract and blood viruses of women with chronic HIV-1 infection cell-free and cell-associated virus populations were sequenced from these tissues, reasoning that integrated viral DNA includes variants...
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