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Identification of a novel second-generation circulating recombinant form (CRF48_01B) in Malaysia: a descendant of the previously identified CRF33_01B.
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) - 1 Jun 2010
Li Yue, Tee Kok Keng, Liao Huanan, Hase Saiki, Uenishi Rie, Li Xiao-Jie, Tsuchiura Takayo, Yang Rongge, Govindasamy Sumathi, Yong Yean Kong, Tan Hong Yien, Pybus Oliver G, Kamarulzaman Adeeba, Takebe Yutaka
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A molecular epidemiological investigation conducted among injecting drug users in eastern Peninsular Malaysia in 2007 identified a cluster of sequences (n = 3) located outside any known HIV-1 genotype. Analyses of near full-length nucleotide sequences of these strains from individuals with no recognizable linkage revealed that they have an identical subtype structure comprised of CRF01_AE and subtype B', distinct...
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