Genetic analysis of HIV type 2 from Ghana and Guinea-Bissau, West Africa.
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چکیده
The phylogenetic variability of part of the long terminal repeat (LTR) region of HIV-2 strains isolated in 1995 from five individuals residing in Bissau, the capital city of Guinea-Bissau, and collected from seven persons from Kumasi, Ghana in 1996-1997, was analyzed. All Guinean samples and all but one Ghanaian sample clustered with HIV-2 subtype A. One Ghanaian sample (14%) was classified as HIV-2 subtype B. This study adds to previous reports on HIV-2 subtype distribution in West Africa indicating local prevalence of HIV-2 subtype B in Ivory Coast and neighboring Ghana.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- AIDS research and human retroviruses
دوره 17 17 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2001