Table 1.
CRF02_AG Reverse Transcriptase Sequences Analyzed in the Study
| Country | New sequences (N)a | Sequences from Los Alamos HIV sequence database (N)b | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | — | 15 | 15 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 280 | 291 |
| Central African Republic | — | 3 | 3 |
| Cote D'Ivoire | 7 | 82 | 89 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | — | 6 | 6 |
| Dijbouti | — | 5 | 5 |
| Gabon | — | 21 | 21 |
| Ghana | 12 | 31 | 43 |
| Italy | 6 | — | 6 |
| Kenya | — | 17 | 17 |
| Liberia | — | 1 | 1 |
| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | — | 34 | 34 |
| Madagascar | — | 5 | 5 |
| Mali | — | 205 | 205 |
| Marocco | 1 | — | 1 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| Repubblic of Angola | — | 6 | 6 |
| Senegal | 7 | 49 | 56 |
| Seychelles | — | 2 | 2 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | — | 1 |
| Overall | 53 | 771 | 824 |
a
Among the new sequences, all the 11 sequences from Cameroon are from patients living in this country, while the other sequences are from 42 patients living in the North of Italy (36 with African origin and 6 with Italian origin).
b
The full list of reference sequences analyzed with accession numbers is given in Supplementary Table S1.