TY - JOUR
T1 - Genetic analysis of HIV type 2 from Ghana and Guinea-Bissau, West Africa
AU - Ishikawa, Koichi
AU - Janssens, Wouter
AU - Banor, Jacob S.
AU - Shinno, Teiichiro
AU - Piedade, João
AU - Sata, Tetsutaro
AU - Ampofo, William K.
AU - Brandful, James A.M.
AU - Koyanagi, Yoshio
AU - Yamamoto, Naoki
AU - Canas-Ferreira, Wanda F.
AU - Adu-Sarkodie, Yaw
AU - Kurata, Takeshi
PY - 2001/11/20
Y1 - 2001/11/20
N2 - The phylogenetic variability of part of the long terminal repeat (LTR) region of HIV-2 strains isolated in 1995 from five individuals residing in Bissau, the capital city of Guinea-Bissau, and collected from seven persons from Kumasi, Ghana in 1996-1997, was analyzed. All Guinean samples and all but one Ghanaian sample clustered with HIV-2 subtype A. One Ghanaian sample (14%) was classified as HIV-2 subtype B. This study adds to previous reports on HIV-2 subtype distribution in West Africa indicating local prevalence of HIV-2 subtype B in Ivory Coast and neighboring Ghana.
AB - The phylogenetic variability of part of the long terminal repeat (LTR) region of HIV-2 strains isolated in 1995 from five individuals residing in Bissau, the capital city of Guinea-Bissau, and collected from seven persons from Kumasi, Ghana in 1996-1997, was analyzed. All Guinean samples and all but one Ghanaian sample clustered with HIV-2 subtype A. One Ghanaian sample (14%) was classified as HIV-2 subtype B. This study adds to previous reports on HIV-2 subtype distribution in West Africa indicating local prevalence of HIV-2 subtype B in Ivory Coast and neighboring Ghana.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0035692368&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/088922201753342077
U2 - 10.1089/088922201753342077
DO - 10.1089/088922201753342077
M3 - Comment/debate
C2 - 11779354
AN - SCOPUS:0035692368
SN - 0889-2229
VL - 17
SP - 1661
EP - 1663
JO - AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses
JF - AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses
IS - 17
ER -
