The Number and Complexity of Pure and Recombinant HIV-1 Strains Observed within Incident Infections during the HIV and Malaria Cohort Study Conducted in Kericho, Kenya, from 2003 to 2006.

Characterization of HIV-1 subtype diversity in regions where vaccine trials are conducted is critical for vaccine development and testing. This study describes the molecular epidemiology of HIV-1 within a tea-plantation community cohort in Kericho, Kenya. Sixty-three incident infections were ascerta...

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Main Authors: Erik Billings, Eric Sanders-Buell, Meera Bose, Andrea Bradfield, Esther Lei, Gustavo H Kijak, Miguel A Arroyo, Rukia M Kibaya, Paul T Scott, Monique K Wasunna, Frederick K Sawe, Douglas N Shaffer, Deborah L Birx, Francine E McCutchan, Nelson L Michael, Merlin L Robb, Jerome H Kim, Sodsai Tovanabutra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4543584?pdf=render