Characterization of V3 sequence heterogeneity in subtype C human immunodeficiency virus type 1 isolates from Malawi: underrepresentation of X4 variants.

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Published in J Virol on August 01, 1999

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L H Ping1, J A Nelson, I F Hoffman, J Schock, S L Lamers, M Goodman, P Vernazza, P Kazembe, M Maida, D Zimba, M M Goodenow, J J Eron, S A Fiscus, M S Cohen, R Swanstrom

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1: UNC Center For AIDS Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.

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