Article
Increasing prevalence of HIV-1 subtype A in Greece: estimating epidemic history and origin.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 15 Oct 2007
Paraskevis Dimitrios, Magiorkinis Emmanouil, Magiorkinis Gkikas, Sypsa Vana, Paparizos Vassilios, Lazanas Marios, Gargalianos Panagiotis, Antoniadou Anastasia, Panos Georgios, Chrysos Georgios, Sambatakou Helen, Karafoulidou Anastasia, Skoutelis Athanasios, Kordossis Theodoros, Koratzanis Georgios, Theodoridou Maria, Daikos Georgios L, Nikolopoulos Georgios, Pybus Oliver G, Hatzakis Angelos
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: In North America and Europe, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 infection has typically been dominated by subtype B transmission. More recently, however, non-B subtypes have been increasingly reported in Europe. METHODS: We analyzed 1158 HIV-1-infected individuals in Greece by DNA sequencing and phylogenetic analyses of protease and partial reverse-transcriptase regions. RESULTS: We found that the...
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