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Biological and molecular characterization of subtype D, G, and A/D recombinant HIV-1 transmissions in Sweden.
Virology - 10 May 1995
Leitner T, Escanilla D, Marquina S, Wahlberg J, Broström C, Hansson H B, Uhlén M, Albert J
Abstract excerpt
HIV-1 can be subdivided into at least nine genetic subtypes (A through H and O), but in Europe and the United States there is an almost complete dominance of subtype B. In this study three Swedish HIV-1 transmission chains of subtypes other than subtype B have been biologically and molecularly characterized. The three index cases were African men. The p17 gag and env V3 regions of the HIV-1 genome were directly...
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