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Table 5 V3 loop amino acid diversity (amino acid length, deletions, insertions, net charge) of X4 and R5 viruses in early and chronic infections

From: HIV-1 subtype C predicted co-receptor tropism in Africa: an individual sequence level meta-analysis

Country

Early X4/R5

Chronic X4/R5

AA length

Deletion position

Insertion position

AA net positive charge

AA length

Deletion position

Insertion position

AA net positive charge

Zambia (ZM)

34–35/35

24/None

None/none

4–8/2–6

35/35

None/none

None/none

1–6/1–6

South Africa (ZA)

34–35/36

10, 23/22

None/9–10

4–8/2–6

34–37/34–35

22/22

7–8, 9–10, 13–14/none

4–10/2–6

Tanzania (TZ)

34–35/34–35

22, 24/22, 24

None/none

3–6/2–6

34–35/34–35

25/22, 23

None/none

4–6/1–6

Malawi (MW)

34–35/34–35

24/24

None/none

3–5/3–5

34–35/34–38

22, 25/24

None/13–14, 14–15

2–7/2–6

Ethiopia (ET)

35/35

None/none

None/none

4–6/2–5

35–37/35

None/none

12–13/none

3–8/0–6

Botswana (BW)

35/35

None/none

None/none

3–6/1–6

34–35/34–37

22/22

None/13–14

2–6/1–6