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Emergence and diversity of different HIV-1 subtypes in South Africa, 2000-2001.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Nov 2009
Jacobs G B, Loxton A G, Laten A, Robson B, van Rensburg E Janse, Engelbrecht S
Abstract excerpt
HIV-1 is a major health problem in South Africa with an average prevalence rate of 29.1% in pregnant women and between 4.9 and 6.1 million people infected. Using env gp120 V3 serotyping and genotyping techniques 410 patient samples were investigated. Most of the samples were obtained from different clinics in the greater Cape Town area of the Western Cape Province in South Africa. These included an academic...
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