Article
Distinct but related human immunodeficiency virus type 1 variant populations in genital secretions and blood.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 20 Jan 1996
Overbaugh J, Anderson R J, Ndinya-Achola J O, Kreiss J K
Abstract excerpt
For a HIV vaccine to be effective, it will be essential that it protect against the virus variants to which individuals are most frequently exposed. HIV-1 is predominantly a sexually acquired virus, thus, variants in genital secretions are a potentially important reservoir of viruses that are tra...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- Cervix Uteri
- Cohort Studies
- DNA, Viral
- Female
- Genes, env
- Genetic Variation
- Genitalia
- HIV Envelope Protein gp120
- HIV-1
- Humans
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Peptide Fragments
- Phylogeny