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HIV/AIDS
Study data from U. Neogi and co-authors update knowledge of HIV/AIDS
December 30th, 2008
According to recent research published in the journal Archives of Virology, "Although the HIV-1 epidemic in India is mainly due to subtype C, other subtypes have also been reported from different parts of India. HIV-1 LTR sequence analysis from six HIV-1 infected individuals from North India was carried out to determine the nature and extent of variations." "Four out of six samples formed a unique phylogenetic cluster which was close to subtype B. The other two samples (A3 and S3) turned out to be novel mosaic recombinants showing resemblance to subtypes B, B/C-India and B/C-Myanmar gene segments. All four subtype B LTR samples and the two B/C recombinants showed...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-12-30)
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