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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 transmitted. Because there are no data available on variants in the genital mucosa, we analyzed this provirus population...
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