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Geographic HIV type 1 subtype distribution in Rakai district, Uganda.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Oct 2009
Collinson-Streng Aleisha N, Redd Andrew D, Sewankambo Nelson K, Serwadda David, Rezapour Mona, Lamers Susanna L, Gray Ronald H, Wawer Maria J, Quinn Thomas C, Laeyendecker Oliver
Abstract excerpt
To analyze HIV-1 subtype distribution, sequence analysis was performed on serum specimens obtained in 1994 from the Rakai Health Sciences community cohort in Uganda. Portions of gag-p24 and env-gp41 were sequenced and HIV subtype was determined for 773 subjects residing in 10 community clusters in rural Uganda. Subtypes A (17%) and D (70%) were the most common strains in the population. Subtype distribution...
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