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Using phylogenetic analysis to trace HIV-1 migration among western European injecting drug users seroconverting from 1984 to 1997.
AIDS (London, England) - 26 Jan 2001
Op de Coul E L, Prins M, Cornelissen M, van der Schoot A, Boufassa F, Brettle R P, Hernández-Aguado L, Schiffer V, McMenamin J, Rezza G, Robertson R, Zangerle R, Goudsmit J, Coutinho R A, Lukashov V V
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To reconstruct the epidemiological relationships of the HIV epidemics among injecting drug users (IDU) in western Europe. METHODS: HIV env V3 sequences of and epidemiological data were obtained from 145 IDU who seroconverted in three sequential periods: 1984-1988, 1989-1992 and 1993-1997. The sequences were phylogenetically analysed and examined for signature patterns characteristic of northern...
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