Subgenotypes of HIV-1 circulation in Ho Chi Minh city
- Author:
Tran Chi Thanh
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Subgenotype;
HIV-1 circulation;
HIV;
Ho Chi Minh city
- MeSH:
HIV-1;
DNA
- From:Journal of Preventive Medicine
2005;15(4):11-15
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
This study was done in 2004. Subgenotypes of HIV were determined by DNA sequencing technique at 3 gene regions of HIV-l: envelope, protease and reverse transcriptase. Our results showed that the recombinant virus CRFOI AlE was still predominant (98%) in Ho Chi Minh city. A new recombinant form HIV-l of subtype B and CRFOIAIE was also detected. The presence of a new recombinant form of HIV-1 derived from two different subtypes warns that the HIV epidemic in this region is more and more complex with the immigration and co-infection with different genetic subtypes of HIV.
