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Identification and genetic characterization of unique HIV-1 A1/C recombinant strain in South Africa.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Mar 2015
Musyoki Andrew M, Rakgole Johnny N, Selabe Gloria, Mphahlele Jeffrey
Abstract excerpt
HIV isolates from South Africa are predominantly subtype C. Sporadic isolation of non-C strains has been reported mainly in cosmopolitan cities. HIV isolate j51 was recovered from a rural South African heterosexual female aged 51 years. Near full length amplification of the genome was attempted using PCR with primers targeting overlapping segments of the HIV genome. Analysis of 5593 bp (gag to vpu) at a bootstrap...
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