Article
A study of HIV-1 genetic diversity in the Czech Republic: 1986-2007.
Central European journal of public health - 1 Dec 2008
Linka Marek, Brůcková Marie, Malý Marek, Vandasová Jana, Stanková Marie, Reinis Milan
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The global HIV/AIDS epidemic consists of a number of regional epidemics caused by different HIV-1 subtypes prevailing in different regions. OBJECTIVES: To study changes in genetic diversity of HIV-1 strains isolated in the Czech Republic (CR) over a more than twenty-year period (1986-2007). STUDY DESIGN: HIV-1 strains isolated in CR from 1986 to 2007 were subtyped by pol gene sequencing followed by...
Topics
- Base Sequence
- Czech Republic
- Emigration and Immigration
- Female
- Genes, pol
- Genetic Variation
- Genome, Viral
- HIV Infections
- HIV Seropositivity
- HIV Seroprevalence
- HIV-1
