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Silent mutation in the V3 region characteristic of HIV type 1 env subtype B strains from injecting drug users in the former Soviet Union.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 10 Feb 2000
Bobkov A F, Lukashov V V, Goudsmit J, Weber J N
Abstract excerpt
New independent states of the former Soviet Union are facing a rapidly growing epidemic of HIV-1 among injecting drug users (IDUs). This epidemic is caused by three HIV-1 populations, one belonging to HIV-1 subtype A (IDU-A), another to subtype B (IDU-B), and the third being a recombinant of the IDU-A and IDU-B viruses (IDU-A/B, gagA/envB). Each of these populations is characterized by a high level of genetic...
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