Group O human immunodeficiency virus-1 infections.

doi:10.1016/s0891-5520(05)70407-4

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Group O human immunodeficiency virus-1 infections.

Infectious disease clinics of North America - 1 Mar 1998

Jaffe H W, Schochetman G

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Human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV), the cause of AIDS, have remarkable genetic diversity. Among the HIV-1 viruses are the "major" (group M) HIV-1 subtypes and genetic "outliers" that have been designated as group O viruses. Group O viruses are most prevalent in parts of Africa, although they ha...

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Communicable Disease Control
Genetic Variation
HIV Infections
HIV-1
Humans
Phylogeny

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