A small set of succinct signature patterns distinguishes Chinese and non-Chinese HIV-1 genomes.

The epidemiology of HIV-1 in China has unique features that may have led to unique viral strains. We therefore tested the hypothesis that it is possible to find distinctive patterns in HIV-1 genomes sampled in China. Using a rule inference algorithm we could indeed extract from sequences of the thir...

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Main Authors: Yan Wang, Reda Rawi, Christoph Wilms, Dominik Heider, Rongge Yang, Daniel Hoffmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23527028/pdf/?tool=EBI