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Maintaining low HIV type 1 env genetic diversity among injection drug users infected with a B/C recombinant and CRF01_AE HIV type 1 in southern China.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 20 Jan 2002
Yu Xiao-Fang, Liu Wei, Chen Jie, Kong Wei, Liu Bindong, Zhu Qiuying, Liang Fuxiong, McCutchan Francine, Piyasirisilp Sucheep, Lai Shenghan
Abstract excerpt
HIV-1 outbreaks in Guangxi Province, southern China were initiated from two separate border cities in 1996 and 1997. Drug users in Pingxiang City, which borders Vietnam, were infected with CRF01_AE HIV-1, and drug users in Baise City, which borders Yunan Province, were infected with a novel B/C recombinant HIV-1. Since 1997, HIV-1 has been rapidly spreading in Guangxi, including its capital city Nanning. Survey...
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