Epidemiology

Genetic Diversity Suggests HIV Originated in Central Africa

Published in AIDS Weekly, December 4th, 2000

An extremely high level of genetic diversity among HIV isolates taken in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) suggests that the HIV-1 pandemic originated in central Africa, say researchers from France, Congo, and the United Kingdom in the November 2000 issue of the Journal of Virology.

The most common form of the HIV virus, HIV-1 group M, is known to have at least nine genetic variations, known as subtypes.

In the study, Nicole Vidal and colleagues tested 247 HIV isolates in the DRC (formerly known as Zaire) to determine the genetic diversity of HIV-1 infections in that part of Africa ("Unprecedented degree of human immunodeficiency...

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