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Outbreak of West African HIV recombinant in Uzbekistan reported

Published in AIDS Weekly, October 3rd, 2005

Researchers report the outbreak of a West African recombinant of HIV-1 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, in a recent issue of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes.

According to a study from the United States and Uzbekistan, "This research describes the genetic diversity of HIV-1 in Uzbekistan. During 2002 and 2003, blood from HIV-positive patients in Uzbekistan was collected, and part of the proviral pol gene and nearly full-length genomes were sequenced and analyzed. Among 142 Uzbek strains, most clustered genetically with the subtype A strain common in the former Soviet Union. Most of these subtype A-infected drug-naive subjects (65.6%) had an accessory...

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