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Dual infection with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 of distinct envelope subtypes in humans.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Apr 1995
Artenstein A W, VanCott T C, Mascola J R, Carr J K, Hegerich P A, Gaywee J, Sanders-Buell E, Robb M L, Dayhoff D E, Thitivichianlert S
Abstract excerpt
Multiple genetic subtypes of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) have been identified among internationally collected isolates. The HIV-1 epidemic in Thailand is largely due to B and E subtypes of virus. Dual infection with distinct HIV-1 subtypes would suggest that antiviral immunity evoked by one subtype can be incompletely protective against a second. Polymerase chain reaction typing and serologic...
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