HIV/AIDS

Reports from D. Ruchansky et al highlight recent research in HIV/AIDS

Published in Vaccine Weekly, June 3rd, 2009

According to recent research published in the journal AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, "Recombination has been shown to be an important force in HIV-1 evolution. Recombination contributes to an increase in genetic variation and hinders vaccine design efforts."

"Several molecular epidemiology studies in South America described the circulation of subtypes B, F, and C as well as several B/F1 recombinants. This study performed by nucleotide sequencing in at least two genes of 89 samples from Uruguay has shown a complex HIV-1 epidemic characterized by the cocirculation of subtype B, and subtype C strains, together with an important group of BF1 recombinant...

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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-06-03)

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