Molecular investigation of human immunodeficiency virus type 2 subtype a cases in South Korea.
We investigated the molecular characteristics of human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV-2) subtype A isolates to clarify the transmission mode of HIV-2 within Korea. These findings indicated that the viruses from the six patients infected within Korea formed a distinct subcluster in the phylogenetic tree and might have been transmitted from one source.
Nam
Jeong-Gu
JG
Center for AIDS Research, Department of Virology, National Institute of Health, #194, TongIl-Lo, Eunpyung-Gu, Seoul 122-701, Korea.
Kim
Gab Jung
GJ
Baek
Jin Young
JY
Suh
Soon Duck
SD
Kee
Mee Kyung
MK
Lee
Joo-Shil
JS
Kim
Sung Soon
SS
D000328:Adult; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics; D014644:Genetic Variation; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000635:transmission* / Q000821:virology; D015498:HIV-2 / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D008297:Male; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D012189:Retrospective Studies
D004279:DNA, Viral