Role of donor genital tract HIV-1 diversity in the transmission bottleneck.

Authors :: Boeras, Debrah I.
Hraber, Peter T.
Hurlston, Mackenzie
Evans-Strickfaden, Tammy
Bhattacharya, Tanmoy
Giorgi, Elena E.
Mulenga, Joseph
Karita, Etienne
Korber, Bette T.
Allen, Susan
Hart, Clyde E.
Derdeyn, Cynthia A.
Hunter, Eric
Source :: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; 11/15/2011, Vol. 108 Issue 46, p18589-18590, 2p
Publication Year :: 2011
Abstract: The article presents a study on the role of donor genital tract (GT) HIV-1 diversity in the heterosexual transmission of HIV infections. The researchers have compared the virus in infected partners and the samples in the transmitted genetic variants. It implies that GT populations cannot be unequivocally defined due to the limitation of exact genetic composition of the virus population.

Subjects :: HIV infection transmission
GENITALIA
AIDS
HIV infections
HETEROSEXUALS
HIV-positive persons

Language :: English
ISSN :: 00278424
Volume :: 108
Issue :: 46
Database :: Complementary Index
Journal :: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 67434202
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1103764108