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Evolution of HIV-1 coreceptor usage and coreceptor switching during pregnancy.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Mar 2014
Ransy Doris G, Motorina Alena, Merindol Natacha, Akouamba Bertine S, Samson Johanne, Lie Yolanda, Napolitano Laura A, Lapointe Normand, Boucher Marc, Soudeyns Hugo
Abstract excerpt
Coreceptor switch from CCR5 to CXCR4 is associated with HIV disease progression. To document the evolution of coreceptor tropism during pregnancy, a longitudinal study of envelope gene sequences was performed in a group of pregnant women infected with HIV-1 of clade B (n=10) or non-B (n=9). Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of the V1-V3 region was performed on plasma viral RNA, followed by cloning and...
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