Article
Phylogenetic characteristics of HIV among female cross-border travelers in Yunnan province between 2003 and 2012.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Aug 2021
Yang Ting, Liang Shuwen, Yang Shuting, Lin Yihan, Dian Ziqin, Zhao Ting, Su Hui, Zhang A-Mei, Liu Jingying, Huang Baoyang, Zhang Yifan, Xia Xueshan, Wang Binghui, Qin Weihong
Abstract excerpt
Sexual transmission is currently the main mode of transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). In this study, 181 HIV-infected female cross-border travelers entering Yunnan province were recruited between 2003 and 2012. HIV RNAs were extracted from their frozen serum and gag-pol gene sequences were obtained for phylogenetic and recombination analyses. In total, 131 gag-pol gene sequences were obtained...
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