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One for all, all for one

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23 November 2012
By Astrid Gall

HIV-1 genome sequences generated by our new method for universal HIV-1 genome sequencing. The tree illustrates the application across the breadth of the HIV-1 genetic diversity. New sequences identified by our method are shown in colour.Credit: Doi: 10.1128/JCM.01516-12

34 million people worldwide are infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus 1 (HIV-1), the causative agent of AIDS. So why is it that we do not have a vaccine against HIV-1, when we have several vaccines against influenza? And why do we only have ~2000 HIV-1 genome sequences available to analyse the pandemic, when we have ~90,000 genome sequences of human influenza viruses?