Evolution of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 in perinatally infected infants with rapid and slow progression to disease

doi:10.1128/jvi.71.6.4694-4706.1997

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Evolution of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 in perinatally infected infants with rapid and slow progression to disease

1 Jun 1997

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We addressed the relationship between the origin and evolution of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) variants and disease outcome in perinatally infected infants by studying the V3 regions of viral variants in samples obtained from five transmitting mothers at delivery and obtained sequentially over the first year of life from their infected infants, two of whom (rapid progressors) rapidly progressed to...

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