Comparison of HIV-1 nef and gag Variations and Host HLA Characteristics as Determinants of Disease Progression among HIV-1 Vertically Infected Kenyan Children

• Matilda Chelimo Saina,

  Affiliation Department of Viral Infection and International Health, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

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• Xiuqiong Bi ,

  * E-mail: ichimura@med.kanazawa-u.ac.jp (HI); bixiuqio@staff.kanazawa-u.ac.jp (XB)

  Affiliation Department of Viral Infection and International Health, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

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• Raphael Lihana,

  Affiliation Center for Virus Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Raphael Lwembe,

  Affiliation Center for Virus Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Azumi Ishizaki,

  Affiliation Department of Viral Infection and International Health, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

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• Annie Panikulam,

  Affiliation Nyumbani Children’s home, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Tresa Palakudy,

  Affiliation Nyumbani Children’s home, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Rachel Musoke,

  Affiliation Department of pediatrics, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Mary Owens,

  Affiliation Nyumbani Children’s home, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Elijah Maritim Songok,

  Affiliation Center for Virus Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Hiroshi Ichimura

  * E-mail: ichimura@med.kanazawa-u.ac.jp (HI); bixiuqio@staff.kanazawa-u.ac.jp (XB)

  Affiliation Department of Viral Infection and International Health, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

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