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Incidence and prevalence of intrasubtype HIV-1 dual infection in at-risk men in the United States.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Apr 2014
Wagner Gabriel A, Pacold Mary E, Kosakovsky Pond Sergei L, Caballero Gemma, Chaillon Antoine, Rudolph Abby E, Morris Sheldon R, Little Susan J, Richman Douglas D, Smith Davey M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) dual infection (DI) has been associated with decreased CD4 T-cell counts and increased viral loads; however, the frequency of intrasubtype DI is poorly understood. We used ultradeep sequencing (UDS) to estimate the frequency of DI in a primary infection cohort of predominantly men who have sex with men (MSM). METHODS: HIV-1 genomes from longitudinal blood...
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