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Elucidation of Early Evolution of HIV-1 Group M in the Congo Basin Using Computational Methods.
Genes - 2 Apr 2021
Tongo Marcel, Martin Darren P, Dorfman Jeffrey R
Abstract excerpt
The Congo Basin region is believed to be the site of the cross-species transmission event that yielded HIV-1 group M (HIV-1M). It is thus likely that the virus has been present and evolving in the region since that cross-species transmission. As HIV-1M was only discovered in the early 1980s, our directly observed record of the epidemic is largely limited to the past four decades. Nevertheless, by exploiting the...
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