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First case of mother-to-infant HIV type 1 group O transmission and evolution of C2V3 sequences in the infected child. French HIV Pediatric Cohort Study Group.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Jan 1998
Chaix-Baudier M L, Chappey C, Burgard M, Letourneur F, Igual J, Saragosti S, Rouzioux C
Abstract excerpt
We report the first case of mother-to-infant transmission and follow-up for an HIV-1 group O virus from Cameroon. Isolates were obtained from the mother at delivery and from the child at birth and when 16 and 30 months old. We analyzed the viral evolution within mother and child by examining 51 sequences spanning C2V3 regions of the viral envelope gene. The mother carried two genotypes, v1 and v2. The genotype v1...
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