Identification of a Novel Second-Generation Circulating Recombinant Form (CRF48_01B) in Malaysia: A Descendant of the Previously Identified CRF33_01B

• Main Authors: Li, Yue, Tee, Kok Keng, Liao, Huanan, Hase, Saiki, Uenishi, Rie, Li, Xiao-Jie, Tsuchiura, Takayo, Yang, Rongge, Govindasamy, Sumathi, Yong, Yean Kong, Tan, Hong Yien, Pybus, Oliver G., Kamarulzaman, Adeeba, Takebe, Yutaka
• Format: Article
• Published: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins 2010
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/4589/; https://doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181d82ce5

A molecular epidemiological investigation conducted among injecting drug users in eastern Peninsular Malaysia in 2007 identified a cluster of sequences (n = 3) located outside any known HIV-1 genotype. Analyses of near full-length nucleotide sequences of these strains from individuals with no recogn...