HIV Whole-Genome Sequencing Now: Answering Still-Open Questions.
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چکیده
Diversity, evolution, and epidemiology of HIV are directly relevant to HIV transmission and pathogenesis; hence, they play a key role in antiretroviral treatment and vaccine design. Global HIV whole-genome sequencing would provide a treasure chest of data to answer many questions still open in these fields. An article by Berg et al. in this issue of theJournal of Clinical Microbiologydescribes a universal strategy to amplify and sequence heterogeneous HIV whole genomes (M. G. Berg, J. Yamaguchi, E. Alessandri-Gradt, R. W. Tell, J.-C. Plantier, and C. A. Brennan, J Clin Microbiol 54:868-882, 2016,http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.02479-15).
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of clinical microbiology
دوره 54 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016