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Breast milk and in utero transmission of HIV-1 select for envelope variants with unique molecular signatures.
Retrovirology - 26 Jan 2017
Nakamura Kyle J, Heath Laura, Sobrera Edwin R, Wilkinson Thomas A, Semrau Katherine, Kankasa Chipepo, Tobin Nicole H, Webb Nicholas E, Lee Benhur, Thea Donald M, Kuhn Louise, Mullins James I, Aldrovandi Grace M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus-type 1 (HIV-1) poses a serious health threat in developing countries, and adequate interventions are as yet unrealized. HIV-1 infection is frequently initiated by a single founder viral variant, but the factors that influence particular variant selection are poorly understood. RESULTS: Our analysis of 647 full-length HIV-1 subtype C and G...
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