Background: HIV-1 strains have diversified extensively through mutation and recombination
since their initial transmission to human beings many decades ago in Central Africa in the …

The HIV/AIDS pandemic continues its spread at a rate of over 15,000 new infections every
day. Sexual transmission of HIV-1 is the dominant mode of this pandemic spread. For the …

Genetically diverse pathogens (such as Human Immunodeficiency virus type 1, HIV-1) are
frequently stratified into phylogenetically or immunologically defined subtypes for …

Many advances have been made in the prevention of HIV transmission and management of
HIV/AIDS since the virus was discovered in the early 1980s. One of the most important …

To help to design vaccines for acquired immune deficiency syndrome that protect broadly
against many genetic variants of the human immunodeficiency virus, the mutation rates at …

Successive South African governments have had controversial views on HIV and AIDS
which have led to allegations that South Africa is in a state of denial about the AIDS …

A infecção pelo HIV/AIDS apresenta-se como problema de grande preocupação para a
saúde pública mundial, em virtude do contínuo crescimento da infecção na população. O …

Objective/design: The global spread of HIV-1 main group (group M) has resulted in
differential distributions of subtypes and recombinants, with the greatest diversity being …

Individuals infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) subtype C
infrequently harbour X4 viruses. We studied R5 and X4 biological clones generated from …

Herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) infects the genital mucosa and is one of the most
common sexually transmitted viruses. Here we sequenced a segment comprising 3.5% of …