HIV/AIDS
Study findings from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provide new insights into HIV/AIDS
Published in AIDS Weekly, September 14th, 2009
"To explore the temporal genetic variation of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 CRF07_BC and reconstruct its epidemic in Xinjiang, China, we studied 216 C2-V4 fragments of env genes sampled from 1996 to 2008. Phylogenetic analysis indicates that the viruses prevailing in Xinjiang form a large monophyletic cluster and may have originated from a common ancestor," scientists writing in the Journal of General Virology report.
"The epidemic in Xinjiang was probably established around 1995 (95% confidence interval, 19941996). We noted an increased diversity of CRF07_BC over time, with a rapid evolutionary rate we estimated to be 8.3x10(-3) substitutions per site per...
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Source: AIDS Weekly (2009-09-14)
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