Genetic Characterization of a Novel HIV-1 Circulating Recombinant Form (CRF74_01B) Identified among Intravenous Drug Users in Malaysia: Recombination History and Phylogenetic Linkage with Previously Defined Recombinant Lineages

Hui Ting Cheong; Wei Zhen Chow; Yutaka Takebe; Jack Bee Chook; Kok Gan Chan; Haider Abdulrazzaq Abed Al-Darraji; Clayton Koh; Adeeba Kamarulzaman; Kok Keng Tee

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0133883

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Genetic Characterization of a Novel HIV-1 Circulating Recombinant Form (CRF74_01B) Identified among Intravenous Drug Users in Malaysia: Recombination History and Phylogenetic Linkage with Previously Defined Recombinant Lineages

Hui Ting Cheong,

Affiliation Centre of Excellence for Research in AIDS (CERiA), Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Wei Zhen Chow,

Affiliation Centre of Excellence for Research in AIDS (CERiA), Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Yutaka Takebe,

Affiliations Centre of Excellence for Research in AIDS (CERiA), Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan, School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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Jack Bee Chook,

Affiliation Centre of Excellence for Research in AIDS (CERiA), Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Kok Gan Chan,

Affiliation Division of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Haider Abdulrazzaq Abed Al-Darraji,

Affiliation Centre of Excellence for Research in AIDS (CERiA), Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Clayton Koh,

Affiliation Centre of Excellence for Research in AIDS (CERiA), Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Adeeba Kamarulzaman,

Affiliation Centre of Excellence for Research in AIDS (CERiA), Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Kok Keng Tee

* E-mail: k2tee@um.edu.my

Affiliation Centre of Excellence for Research in AIDS (CERiA), Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Genetic Characterization of a Novel HIV-1 Circulating Recombinant Form (CRF74_01B) Identified among Intravenous Drug Users in Malaysia: Recombination History and Phylogenetic Linkage with Previously Defined Recombinant Lineages

Hui Ting Cheong,
Wei Zhen Chow,
Yutaka Takebe,
Jack Bee Chook,
Kok Gan Chan,
Haider Abdulrazzaq Abed Al-Darraji,
Clayton Koh,
Adeeba Kamarulzaman,
Kok Keng Tee

Published: July 21, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0133883

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