Characterization of V3 Sequence Heterogeneity in Subtype C Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Isolates from Malawi: Underrepresentation of X4 Variants
Characterization of V3 Sequence Heterogeneity in Subtype C Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Isolates from Malawi: Underrepresentation of X4 Variants
Li‐hua Ping,J. Nelson,12 Authors,R. Swanstrom
1999 · DOI: 10.1128/JVI.73.8.6271-6281.1999
Journal of Virology · 219 Citations
TLDR
The results indicate that alteredcoreceptor usage is rare in subtype C HIV-1 isolates in sub-Saharan Africa and that sequence variability is not a feature of the V3 region of env in the absence of altered coreceptor usage.