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The molecular epidemiology of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 in Edinburgh.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jan 1995
Holmes E C, Zhang L Q, Robertson P, Cleland A, Harvey E, Simmonds P, Leigh Brown A J
Abstract excerpt
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 sequences obtained from HIV-infected persons in different risk groups in Edinburgh were studied to determine the number and origin of virus variants and patterns of virus transmission. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that 12 of 14 hemophiliac patients who had been exposed to a single common batch of factor VIII had closely related gag gene sequences. Sequences from...
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