Genetic diversity of HIV type 1 in rural eastern Cameroon

• Published in: Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) Vol. 37; no. 5; p. 1641
• Main Authors: Ndembi, Nicaise, Takehisa, Jun, Zekeng, Leopold, Kobayashi, Eiji, Ngansop, Charlotte, Songok, Elijah M, Kageyama, Seiji, Takemura, Taichiro, Ido, Eiji, Hayami, Masanori, Kaptue, Lazare, Ichimura, Hiroshi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 15.12.2004
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Amino Acid Sequence; Cameroon - epidemiology; Central African Republic - epidemiology; Chad - epidemiology; Child, Preschool; Female; Genetic Variation; HIV Infections - epidemiology; HIV Infections - virology; HIV-1 - classification; HIV-1 - genetics; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Molecular Sequence Data; Phylogeny; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Recombination, Genetic; Rural Population; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Viral Proteins - chemistry; Viral Proteins - genetics; Viral Proteins - metabolism; Chad; Cameroon; Central African Republic

To monitor the presence of genotypic HIV-1 variants circulating in eastern Cameroon, blood samples from 57 HIV-1-infected individuals attending 3 local health centers in the bordering rural villages with Central African Republic (CAR) were collected and analyzed phylogenetically. Out of the 40 HIV-1...