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Genetic Diversity of HIV-1 in Tunisia.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Jan 2017
El Moussi Awatef, Thomson Michael M, Delgado Elena, Cuevas María Teresa, Nasr Majda, Abid Salma, Ben Hadj Kacem Mohamed Ali, Benaissa Tiouiri Hanene, Letaief Amel, Chakroun Mohamed, Ben Jemaa Mounir, Hamdouni Hayet, Tej Dellagi Rafla, Kheireddine Khaled, Boutiba Ilhem, Pérez-Álvarez Lucía, Slim Amine
Abstract excerpt
In this study, the genetic diversity of HIV-1 in Tunisia was analyzed. For this, 193 samples were collected in different regions of Tunisia between 2012 and 2015. A protease and reverse transcriptase fragment were amplified and sequenced. Phylogenetic analyses were performed through maximum likelihood and recombination was analyzed by bootscanning. Six HIV-1 subtypes (B, A1, G, D, C, and F2), 5 circulating...
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