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Homogenous HIV-1 subtype B quasispecies in Brazilian men and women recently infected via heterosexual transmission.
Virus genes - 1 Jun 2014
Gouveia Nancy Lima, Camargo Michelle, Caseiro Marcos Montani, Janini Luiz Mario Ramos, Sucupira Maria Cecilia Araripe, Diaz Ricardo Sobhie
Abstract excerpt
HIV has extraordinary genetic mutability, both among individuals and at the population level. However, studies of primary HIV-1 infection and serum-converters indicate that the viral population is homogeneous at the sequence level, which suggests clonal HIV transmission. It remains unclear whether this feature applies to the female population. Ten single genome amplification sequences were generated from ten...
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