Genetic characterization of the nef gene from human immunodeficiency virus type 1 group M strains representing genetic subtypes A, B, C, E, F, G, and H.

Most efforts to characterize sequence variation of HIV isolates has been directed toward the structural envelope gene. Few studies have evaluated the sequence variability of auxiliary genes such as nef. In this study 41 new HIV-1 strains, representing the majority of the described envelope subtypes of HIV-1 (A to H), were genetically characterized in the nef region.

[Epidemiologic aspects of malaria in Gabon].

The authors report the results of 3 sample surveys carried out in Libreville, Ngounié and Haut-Ogooué Provinces to evaluate the main malarial indexes among 0 to 15 years old children in Gabon. These investigations would suggest that malaria is mesoendemic in the three areas. The systematic presumptive antimarial treatment of fever attacks is widely used in Libreville but not so frequent in rural areas.