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Origin, imports and exports of HIV-1 subtype C in South Africa: A historical perspective.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Dec 2016
Wilkinson Eduan, Rasmussen David, Ratmann Oliver, Stadler Tanja, Engelbrecht Susan, de Oliveira Tulio
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BACKGROUND: While the HIV epidemic in South Africa had a later onset than epidemics in other southern African countries, prevalence grew rapidly during the 1990's when the country was going through socio-political changes with the end of Apartheid. South Africa currently has the largest number of people living with HIV in the world and the epidemic is dominated by a unique subtype, HIV-1 subtype C. This large...
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