Diversity of HIV-1 subtype B: implications to the origin of BF recombinants.

<h4>Background</h4>The HIV-1 subtype B epidemic in Brazil is peculiar because of the high frequency of isolates having the GWGR tetramer at V3 loop region. It has been suggested that GWGR is a distinct variant and less pathogenic than other subtype B isolates.<h4>Methodology/princi...

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Main Authors: Elcio Leal, Fabiola E Villanova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-07-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/20676362/pdf/?tool=EBI