| Literature DB >> 12015906 |
Maja Stanojevic1, Anna Papa, Evagelia Papadimitriou, Sonja Zerjav, Djordje Jevtovic, Dubravka Salemovic, Tanja Jovanovic, Antonis Antoniadis.
Abstract
To gain insight concerning the genetic diversity of HIV-1 viruses associated with the HIV-1 epidemic in Yugoslavia, 45 specimens from HIV-1-infected individuals were classified into subtypes by sequence-based phylogenetic analysis of the polymerase (pol) region of the viral genome. Forty-one of 45 specimens (91.2%) were identified as pol subtype B, 2 of 45 as subtype C (4.4%), 1 of 45 as CRF01_AE (2.2%), and 1 as CRF02_AG recombinant (2.2%). Nucleotide divergence among subtype B sequences was 4.8%. Results of this study show that among HIV-1-infected patients in Yugoslavia subtype B predominates (91.5%), whereas non-B subtypes are present at a low percentage, mostly related to travel abroad.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 12015906 DOI: 10.1089/088922202317406673
Source DB: PubMed Journal: AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses ISSN: 0889-2229 Impact factor: 2.205