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SUBMITTER: Zhang L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC136436 | biostudies-literature | 2002 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhang Linqi L Rowe Leslie L He Tian T Chung Chris C Yu Jian J Yu Wenjie W Talal Andrew A Markowitz Marty M Ho David D DD
Journal of virology 20020901 18
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 is characterized by extensive genetic heterogeneity. Having previously demonstrated that, in the peripheral blood, the initial viral population is more homogeneous than at subsequent stages of infection, we have extended our studies to tissue samples, allowing comparisons between viral populations in peripheral blood and tissues during both the acute and chronic stages of infection. We found that homogeneity in gp120 sequences during the acute infection phase ...[more]