title: Genome Sequences of a Novel HIV-1 Circulating Recombinant Form (CRF59_01B) Identified among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Northeastern China.
abstract: We report here a novel HIV-1 circulating recombinant form (CRF) (CRF59_01B) comprised of CRF01_AE and subtype B, with two recombination breakpoints in the pol and vpu-env regions, respectively. CRF59_01B was identified from three epidemiologically unlinked men who have sex with men (MSM) in northeast China. This represents the second CRF identified in the MSM population in China.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of AIDS Immunology, Ministry of Health, Department of Laboratory Medicine, First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
authors.forename: Xiaoxu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Minghui
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: An
authors.forename: Weiqing
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Zhenxing
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takebe
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shang