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48. Poster Session
HIV Molecular Biology

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258 Sensitive and Rapid Methods for Screening HIV-1 Subtype in Multiple Genomic Regions
M. Hoelscher1, J. K. Carr2*, V. Watanaveeradej3, J. Hierholzer2, J. L. Sanchez4, A. Brown5, D. Birx6, and F. McCutchan2
1Univ. of Munich, Germany; 2Henry M. Jackson Fndn., Rockville, MD, USA; 3Royal Thai Army, Bangkok, Thailand; 4US Naval Med. Res. Ctr., Lima, Peru; 5Armed Forces Res. Inst. of Med. Sci., Bangkok, Thailand; and 6Walter Reed Army Inst. of Res., Rockville, MD, USA

259 Nonfunctional Hypermutated HIV-1 DNA Sequences Resulting from Infection of Early Activated T Cells Are Abundant in Infected Patients
M. Janini*1, M. Rogers1, D. Birx2, and F. McCutchan1
1Henry M. Jackson Fndn., Rockville, MD, USA and 2Walter Reed Army Inst. of Res., Rockville, MD, USA

260 Cloning and Analysis of Full-Length Genomes of HIV-1 Strains Prevalent among IDU in Countries of the FSU
A. E. Masharsky*1, V. F. Eremin2, N. A. Klimov1, and A. P. Kozlov1
1Biomedical Ctr., St. Petersburg, Russia and 2Res. Inst. for Epidemiology and Microbiology, Minsk, Belarus

261 Molecular Characterization of CTL Epitopes among Prevalent Brazilian HIV-1 Subtypes
M. Guimarães, A. Moreira, and M. Morgado*
IOC, Oswaldo Cruz Fndn., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

262 Phylogenetic Characterization of South African HIV-1 Subtype C vif, vpr, vpu, and nef Genes
T. Scriba*1, F. Treurnicht1, J. zur Megede2, S. Barnett2, S. Engelbrecht1, and E. Janse van Rensburg1
1Univ. of Stellenbosch, South Africa and 2Chiron Corp., Emeryville, CA, USA

263 Full-Length 5 LTRs and Regulatory Genes from South African HIV-1 Subtype C Strains
F. Treurnicht*1, T. de Villiers1, T. Scriba1, J. zur Megede2, S. Barnett2, S. Engelbrecht1, and E. Janse van Rensburg1
1Tygerberg Hosp. and Univ. of Stellenbosch, South Africa and 2Chiron Corp., Emeryville, CA, USA