| Literature DB >> 18427209 |
Bridgette J Connell1, Katherine Michler, Alexio Capovilla, Willem D F Venter, Wendy S Stevens, Maria A Papathanasopoulos.
Abstract
This study investigated the genotype and phenotype of HIV-1 isolates of 20 South African AIDS patients. We found the highest percentage of CXCR4 usage among primary isolates, in which 30% efficiently utilized CXCR4 and exhibited the syncytium-inducing phenotype. Phylogenetic analysis of env confirmed that 19 of the 20 were subtype C, and syncytium-inducing viruses had genetic changes in the V3 loop, characteristic of CXCR4 usage. Results imply that the frequency of CXCR4-utilizing subtype C is increasing with time.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18427209 DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3282f57f7a
Source DB: PubMed Journal: AIDS ISSN: 0269-9370 Impact factor: 4.177