A41 Diversity and evolution of avian influenza (AI) viruses in poultry and wild birds
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A40 Persistent circulation of highly divergent HIV-1M lineages in the Congo Basin Region M. Tongo, J.R. Dorfman, Tulio de Oliveira, D.P. Martin, Africa Centre for Population Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Division of Computational Biology and Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa, Institute of Medical Research and Study of Medicinal Plants, Yaoundé Cameroon, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Cape Town, South Africa and Division of Immunology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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