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The explosive human immunodeficiency virus type 1 epidemic among injecting drug users of Kathmandu, Nepal, is caused by a subtype C virus of restricted genetic diversity.
Journal of virology - 1 Feb 2000
Oelrichs R B, Shrestha I L, Anderson D A, Deacon N J
Abstract excerpt
An explosive epidemic of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) has been documented among the injecting drug user population of Kathmandu, Nepal, whose seropositivity rate has risen from 0 to 40% between 1995 and 1997. By using Catrimox to preserve whole-blood RNA at ambient temperature for transportation, HIV-1 envelope V3-V4 sequences were obtained from 36 patients in this group. Analysis of the sequences...
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