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HIV type 1 genetic diversity in Silesia, Poland: a retrospective analysis.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Jul 2010
Smoleń Joanna, Kruszyński Piotr, Bratosiewicz-Wasik Jolanta, Witor Adam, Wasik Tomasz J
Abstract excerpt
To characterize the genetic diversity of HIV-1 strains circulating among patients with different transmission risk behaviors in Silesia, Poland, from the origin of the epidemic to the year 2004, we have sequenced and analyzed the p24 coding region of the gag gene and part of the pol gene covering the first 256 codons for the reverse transcriptase (RT). The proviral DNA was obtained from the 101 HIV-1-infected...
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