Humanimmunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) subtypes are distributed unevenly across
African nations. 1 In East and Central African countries such as Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya …

HIV-1 is endemic in Tanzania where three different subtypes, A, C, and D, have been
identified. Information on HIV-1 genetic diversity is crucial to define requirements for an …

To better understand the virological aspect of the expanding AIDS epidemic in southern
Africa, a set of 23 near-full-length clones of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) …

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 …

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 …

Background In Mbeya, a rural region of southwest Tanzania, HIV-1 subtypes A, C and D
have been co-circulating since the early 1990s. Objective To define to what extent the co …

Others and we have previously shown that subtype C is the predominant HIV-1 subtype and
the major cause of AIDS in Ethiopia. The present study shows that subtype C in Ethiopia has …

Thespread of HIV from mother to infant has become a ma-jor health problem in Kenya,
characterized by a 14% infection rate among sexually active women in a Nairobi clinic1 and …

The phylogenetic variability of part of the long terminal repeat (LTR) region of HIV-2 strains
isolated in 1995 from five individuals residing in Bissau, the capital city of Guinea-Bissau …

In preparation for vaccine trials, HIV-1 genetic diversity was surveyed between 2002 and
2006 through the Cohort Development study in the form of a retrospective and prospective …