Abstract
In the year of 1983, a special kind of virus was initially isolated from the blood of a patient with AIDS [1]. Later, the virus was named human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). With the enlarged population of AIDS patients globally, the isolated virus showed variances. Thus, the virus was classified into two types, namely HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 has been known to have a widespread and a earlier identification. With recently advanced molecular biology technology, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was applied to characterize HIV-1 into seven subtypes, namely A, B, C, D, E, F and G. The following is of the knowledge about HIV-1.
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Li, H. (2014). Epidemiological Investigation of AIDS. In: Li, H. (eds) Radiology of HIV/AIDS. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7823-8_4
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