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Genetic and antigenic variability of HIV type 1 in Brazil.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Sept 1994
Couto-Fernandez J C, Janssens W, Heyndrickx L, Motte J, Fransen K, Peeters M, Delaporte E, Galvão-Castro B, Piot P, van der Groen G
Abstract excerpt
Six Brazilian strains of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) were isolated from infected individuals residing in different regions of Brazil between 1987 and 1989. Phylogenetic analysis based on an 860-base pair env fragment, including V3, V4, V5, and the beginning of gp41, classified the Brazilian strains significantly in genotype B, with interhost distances between 5.9 and 13.1% (mean value, 10%). Amino...
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