Recombinant viruses initiated the early HIV-1 epidemic in Burkina Faso.

Recombinant viruses initiated the early HIV-1 epidemic in Burkina Faso.

We analyzed genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships among 124 HIV-1 and 19 HIV-2 strains in sera collected in 1986 from patients of the state hospital in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Phylogenetic analysis of the HIV-1 env gp41 region of 65 sequences characterized 37 (56.9%) as CRF06_cpx strai...

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Main Authors: Peter N Fonjungo, Marcia L Kalish, Amanda Schaefer, Mark Rayfield, Jennifer Mika, Laura E Rose, Orville Heslop, Robert Soudré, Danuta Pieniazek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3960253?pdf=render

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