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HIV/AIDS Cancer
New HIV/AIDS cancer study results reported from University of Colorado
August 5th, 2008
According to recent research from the United States, "Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) encodes genetically diverse K1 alleles which have unique geographic distributions. Little is known about KI genetic diversity in Zimbabwe where acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-associated KS (AIDS-KS) is epidemic." "Evaluate KI diversity in Zimbabwe and compare Zimbabwean KI diversity to other areas in Africa. KI nucleotide sequence was determined for AIDS-KS cases in Zimbabwe. KI references sequences were obtained from Genbank. Among 65 Zimbabwean AIDS-KS cases, 26 (40%) were K1 subtype A and 39 (60%) were subtype B. Zimbabwean subtype A sequences grouped only with...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-08-05)
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