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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2003, p. 516-518, Vol. 41, No. 1
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.1.516-518.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Introduction of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 2 Infection in the Philippines

Prisca Susan Leaño,1,2 Seiji Kageyama,2 Adelfa Espantaleon,1,2 Janak Maniar,3 Masaomi Iwasaki,4 Dattatray Saple,3 Namiko Yoshihara,2 Takashi Kurimura,2 and Dorothy May Agdamag1,2*

STD AIDS Cooperative Central Laboratory, San Lazaro Hospital,1 JICA Project for the Prevention and Control of HIV/AIDS, Manila, Philippines,2 Department of Dermatovenereology and AIDS Medicine, GT Hospital-Grant Medical College, Mumbai, India,3 Eiken Chemical Co., Tochigi, Japan4

Received 28 May 2002/ Returned for modification 20 September 2002/ Accepted 24 October 2002

The aim of this study was to describe and document the first case of human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV-2) in the Philippines by using serological and molecular techniques and to compare the diversity of this strain to that of strains from other countries. With the introduction of HIV-2 into the country and the presence of diversified strains of HIV-1, the use of highly sensitive assays to detect all these strains is recommended.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: STD AIDS Cooperative Central Laboratory, National Reference Laboratory for HIV, Hepatitis, and STDs, Bldg. 17, San Lazaro Hospital Compound, Quiricada St., Santa Cruz, Manila, Philippines. Phone: (632) 309-95-28. Fax: (632) 711-41-17. E-mail: saccl{at}compass.com.ph.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2003, p. 516-518, Vol. 41, No. 1
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.1.516-518.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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