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[The HIV-infection outbreak in the town Lys'va (Perm region): homozygote genotype CCR5 delta32/CCR5 delta32 provides the high level of the persistence in the parenteral transmission of the virus].
Voprosy virusologii - 1 Jan 2000
Riabov G S, Kazennova E V, Korepanova L B, Mal'tseva E A, Zhalnin V V, Krasnikova L A, Zverev S Ia, Pokrovskiĭ V V, Bobkov A F, Weber J N
Abstract excerpt
Specific features of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) transmission among injecting drug users were studied on HIV infection outbreak in Lysva, the Perm region. During the period from November 1998 to March 2000, 32 injecting drug users infected with the subtype A HIV-1 variant originating from the same source, were found in this town. To understand the role of the CCR5 delta 32 mutation in parenteral...
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