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Recombinant viruses initiated the early HIV-1 epidemic in Burkina Faso.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Fonjungo Peter N, Kalish Marcia L, Schaefer Amanda, Rayfield Mark, Mika Jennifer, Rose Laura E, Heslop Orville, Soudré Robert, Pieniazek Danuta
Abstract excerpt
We analyzed genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships among 124 HIV-1 and 19 HIV-2 strains in sera collected in 1986 from patients of the state hospital in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Phylogenetic analysis of the HIV-1 env gp41 region of 65 sequences characterized 37 (56.9%) as CRF06_cpx strains, 25 (38.5%) as CRF02_AG, 2 (3.1%) as CRF09_cpx, and 1 (1.5%) as subtype A. Similarly, phylogenetic analysis of...
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