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High HIV type 1 group M pol diversity and low rate of antiretroviral resistance mutations among the uniformed services in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Mar 2011
Djoko Cyrille F, Rimoin Anne W, Vidal Nicole, Tamoufe Ubald, Wolfe Nathan D, Butel Christelle, LeBreton Matthew, Tshala Felix M, Kayembe Patrick K, Muyembe Jean Jacques, Edidi-Basepeo Samuel, Pike Brian L, Fair Joseph N, Mbacham Wilfred F, Saylors Karen E, Mpoudi-Ngole Eitel, Delaporte Eric, Grillo Michael, Peeters Martine
Abstract excerpt
For the first time the genetic diversity among the uniformed personnel in Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a country that has experienced military conflicts since 1998 and in which the global HIV-1/M pandemic started, has now been documented. A total of 94 HIV-1-positive samples, collected in 2007 in Kinshasa garrison settings from informed consenting volunteers, were...
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