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Development of a novel codon-specific polymerase chain reaction for the detection of CXCR4-utilizing HIV type 1 subtype B.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 May 2013
McLaughlin Sherry, Swenson Luke C, Hu Shengbo, Hughes Paul, Harrigan P Richard, Coombs Robert W, Frenkel Lisa M
Abstract excerpt
Insight concerning the switch in HIV-1 coreceptor use will lead to a better understanding of HIV-1 pathogenesis and host-virus dynamics. Predicting CXCR4 utilization by analyzing HIV-1 envelope consensus sequences is highly specific, but minority variants in the viral population are often missed resulting in low sensitivity. Commercial phenotypic assays are costly, and the development of sensitive in-house...
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