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50. Poster Session
HIV-1 Recombination

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271 46 Near Full-Length HIV Genome Sequences from Rakai District, Uganda Show Subtype A and D Plus 30% Unique Recombinants
M. Harris*1, D. Serwada3, N. Sewankambo3, F. Wabwire3, J. Philips2, M. Meehen6, B. Kim2, T. Lutalo4, N. Kiwanuka3, R. Gray5, M. Wawer6, D. Birx1, M. Robb1, and F. McCutchan2
1Walter Reed Army Inst. of Res., Washington, DC, USA; 2The Henry M. Jackson Fndn., Rockville, MD, USA; 3Makerere Univ., Kampala, Uganda; 4Uganda Virus Res. Inst., Entebbe; 5Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA; and 6Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA

272 First Full-Genome Sequences of Intersubtype Recombinants Circulating in South Africa
M. A. Papathanasopoulos*1, T. Cilliers1, L. Morris1, J. Mokili2, W. Dowling3, J. K. Carr2, and F. McCutchan2
1Natl. Inst. for Virology, Johannesburg, South Africa; 2Henry M. Jackson Fndn., Rockville, MD, USA; and 3Walter Reed Army Inst. of Res., Washington, DC, USA

273 Predominance of HIV-1 Subtype A and a High Proportion of Intersubtype Recombinants among Infected Pregnant Women in Western Kenya
C. Yang*1, M. Li1, Y.-P. Shi1,2, R. Newman1, J. Otieno3, A. Misore3, J. Ayisi2, B. Nahlen1, and R. B. Lal1
1CDC, Atlanta, GA, USA; 2CDC/KEMRI; and 3New Nyanza Provincial Hosp, Kisumu, Kenya

274 Forty-One Virtually Full-Length HIV-1 Sequences from Kenya Reveal an Epidemic of Subtype A and Various A-Containing Recombinants
W. Dowling*1, C. Mason2, U. Alam2, K. M. Wasunna2, L. Elson2, B. Kim3, D. Birx1, M. Robb1, F. McCutchan3, and J. K. Carr3
1Walter Reed Army Inst. of Res., Washington, DC, USA; 2US Army Res. Unit, Nairobi, Kenya; and 3Henry M. Jackson Fndn., Rockville, MD, USA

275 Full Documentation of HIV-1 Subtype J with Additional Full Genome Sequences from the Democratic Republic of Congo
J. L. K. Mokili*1, M. Rogers1, N. Lubaki2, M. Milangu2, M. Kashamuka2,3, N. Nzila3, R. Bollinger2, D. Birx4, and F. E. McCutchan1
1Henry M. Jackson Fndn., Rockville, MD, USA; 2Johns Hopkins Sch. of Med., Baltimore, MD, USA; 3Projet SIDA, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo; and 4Walter Reed Army Inst. of Res., Washington, DC, USA

276 Identification and Characterization of Multiple Forms of Unique HIV-1 Intersubtype Recombinants in Myanmar
Y. Takebe*1, K. Motomura1, S. Kusagawa1, H. H. Lwin2, and M. Zaw2
1AIDS Res. Ctr., Natl. Inst. of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan and 2AIDS Prevention and Control Programme, Dept. of Hlth., Yangon, Myanmar

277 Circulating Strains of HIV-1 in Community Cohorts in Thailand Are Not Purely CRF01_AE
V. Watanaveeradej1, J. K. Carr*2, M. Hoelscher 3, N. Sirisopana1, M. Benenson4, A. Brown4, D. Birx5, and F. E. McCutchan2
1Royal Thai Army, Bangkok, Thailand; 2 Henry M. Jackson Fndn., Rockville, MD, USA; 3Univ. of Munich, Germany; 4Armed Forces Res. Inst. of Med. Sci., Bangkok, Thailand; and 5Walter Reed Army Inst. of Res., Rockville, MD, USA

278 Re-Analysis of the HIV-1 Circulating Recombinant A/E (CRF01_AE): Evidence of A/E/G Recombination
G. Magiorkinis1, D. Paraskevis*1, M. Magiorkinis1, A.-M. Vandamme2, and A. Hatzakis1
1 Univ. Med. Sch., Athens, Greece and 2 Katholieke Univ., Leuven, Belgium

279 Precise Mapping of Recombination Breakpoints Reveals a Common Parent of Two BC Recombinant Strains Circulating in China
F. E. McCutchan*1, J. K. Carr1, D. Murphy1, S. Piyasirisilp1, F. Gao2, B. Hahn2, X.-F. Yu3, C. Beyrer3, and D. L. Birx4
1Henry M. Jackson Fndn., Rockville, MD, USA; 2Univ. of Alabama, Birmingham, USA; 3The Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA; and 4Walter Reed Army Inst. of Res., Washington, DC, USA