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Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 subtypes among Malaysian intravenous drug users.
The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health - 1 Jun 2000
Saraswathy T S, Ng K P, Sinniah M
Abstract excerpt
The HIV-1 genetic variation in 60 infected Malaysian intravenous drug users (IDU) was studied by comparison of the nucleotide sequences and their predicted amino acid sequences in the V3 loop of the external glycoprotein gp120. In this study, HIV-1 B, C and E subtypes were identified among Malaysian IDU, with HIV-1 B being the predominant subtype (91.7%). HIV-1 C and HIV-1 E were minority subtypes among Malaysian...
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