Abstract The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is characterized by low and stable HIV
prevalences and high HIV-1 genetic diversity and is most probably the epicenter of HIV-1 …

The purpose of this study was to document the genetic diversity of human immunodeficiency
virus type 1 (HIV-1) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC; formerly Zaire). A total of …

Objective: To describe the distribution of HIV-1 subtypes in two cities with high HIV
prevalence (Kisumu, Kenya and Ndola, Zambia) and two with relatively low prevalence …

In Cameroon, a central west African country, the first AIDS case was reported in 1985. Until
1991, the epidemic in Cameroon was considered to be 'pre-epidemic', characterized by a …

During a national survey in 2002 in Djibouti, serum samples were collected using a valid
sampling scheme from 2423 Djiboutians representing the general population of urban and …

Objectives: To determine the HIV genetic subtypes present in HIV-1-infected asymptomatic
blood donors in Uganda and to evaluate serologic detection of infection by commercial …

The genetic diversity of HIV-1 strains in Chad was documented with a total of 107 samples
from patients attending the general hospital in N'Djamena, the capital city of Chad. The …

Objective: Previous data, based on a small sampling of convenience, reported subtypes A,
B, C, D, and G in Uganda, but neither the extent nor the proportion of these subtypes could …

To assess the molecular epidemiology of HIV-1 in Republic of Congo (Congo), we
investigated 29 HIV-1s obtained from 82 Congolese AIDS and ARC patients in 1996 and …

The concomitant presence of five distinct HIV-1 subtypes and of unclassified HIV-1 was
reported in Bangui, Central African Republic (CAR) between 1990 and 1991. This previous …