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Circulation of subtype A and gagA/envB recombinant HIV type 1 strains among injecting drug users in St. Petersburg, Russia, correlates with geographical origin of infections.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 20 Nov 1999
Lukashov V V, Huismans R, Rakhmanova A G, Lisitsina Z N, Akhtyrskaya N A, Vlasov N N, Melnick O B, Goudsmit J
Abstract excerpt
Countries of the former Soviet Union are experiencing an emerging HIV-1 epidemic due to a rapid expansion of HIV-1 among injecting drug users (IDUs). To study the molecular epidemiology of HIV-1 among IDUs in St. Petersburg, Russia, virus sequences were obtained from 22 individuals. Phylogenetic...
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