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Item Genetic analysis of HIV type 2 from Ghana and Guinea-Bissau, West Africa(AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, 2001-12) Ishikawa, K.; Janssens, W.; Banor, J.S.; Shinno, T.; Piedade, J.; Sata, T.; Ampofo, W.K.; Brandful, J.A.M.; Koyanagi, Y.; Yamamoto, N.; Canas-Ferreira, W.F.; Adu-Sarkodie, Y.; Kurata, T.The phylogenetic variability of part of the long terminal repeat (LTR) region of HIV-2 strains isolated in 1995 from five individuals residing in Bissau, the capital city of Guinea-Bissau, and collected from seven persons from Kumasi, Ghana in 1996-1997, was analyzed. All Guinean samples and all but one Ghanaian sample clustered with HIV-2 subtype A. One Ghanaian sample (14%) was classified as HIV-2 subtype B. This study adds to previous reports on HIV-2 subtype distribution in West Africa indicating local prevalence of HIV-2 subtype B in Ivory Coast and neighboring Ghana. © 2001 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.