Article
Persistence of multiple maternal genotypes of human immunodeficiency virus type I in infants infected by vertical transmission.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Jan 1994
Lamers S L, Sleasman J W, She J X, Barrie K A, Pomeroy S M, Barrett D J, Goodenow M M
Abstract excerpt
The extent of nucleotide variation within the HIV-1 env hypervariable domains serves as a marker of virus genotypes within infected individuals and as a means to track transmission of the virus between individuals. We analyzed env V1 and V2 sequences in longitudinal samples from two HIV-1-infecte...
Topics
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Child, Preschool
- Female
- Gene Products, env
- Genes, env
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- HIV-1
- Humans
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- Longitudinal Studies
- Molecular Sequence Data