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Diversity of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 envelope glycoprotein in San Francisco Men's Health Study participants.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Mar 1998
McCutchan F E, Sanders-Buell E, Salminen M O, Carr J K, Sheppard W H
Abstract excerpt
Multiple genetic subtypes of HIV-1, differing by up to 30% of nucleotides in their envelope coding sequences, have been identified in the global epidemic. In the United States, where HIV-1 infection with subtype B predominates, the interisolate diversity in envelope is 15% or more. It is recognized that geographic, temporal, and demographic variables can affect the genetic diversity of HIV-1 strains, but there...
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