Article
Most HIV type 1 non-B infections in the Spanish cohort of antiretroviral treatment-naïve HIV-infected patients (CoRIS) are due to recombinant viruses.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Feb 2012
Yebra Gonzalo, de Mulder Miguel, Martín Leticia, Rodríguez Carmen, Labarga Pablo, Viciana Isabel, Berenguer Juan, Alemán María Remedios, Pineda Juan Antonio, García Federico, Holguín Africa
Abstract excerpt
HIV-1 group M is classified into 9 subtypes, as well as recombinants favored by coinfection and superinfection events with different variants. Although HIV-1 subtype B is predominant in Europe, intersubtype recombinants are increasing in prevalence and complexity. In this study, phylogenetic analyses of pol sequences were performed to detect the HIV-1 circulating and unique recombinant forms (CRFs and URFs,...
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