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Identification of a Novel HIV Type 1 Recombinant Form (CRF01_AE/CRF07_BC) in Men Who Have Sex with Men in Zhejiang, China.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Jul 2017
Xu Yufan, Peng Xiaorong, Xie Tiansheng, Lu Xiangyun, Wu Nanping
Abstract excerpt
The prevalence of HIV-1 is increasing rapidly among the population of men who have sex with men (MSM) in China. Here, we report a novel HIV type 1 recombinant form consisting of CRF01_AE and CRF07_BC detected in a male patient through homosexual behavior. A phylogenic analysis revealed that this unique recombinant form (URF) exhibits a complex genomic structure with three CRF07_BC regions inserted into the...
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