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Phylodynamic and phylogeographic patterns of the HIV type 1 subtype F1 parenteral epidemic in Romania.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Sept 2012
Mbisa Jean L, Hué Stéphane, Buckton Andrew J, Myers Richard E, Duiculescu Dan, Ene Luminita, Oprea Cristiana, Tardei Gratiela, Rugina Sorin, Mardarescu Mariana, Floch Corinne, Notheis Gundula, Zöhrer Bettina, Cane Patricia A, Pillay Deenan
Abstract excerpt
In the late 1980s an HIV-1 epidemic emerged in Romania that was dominated by subtype F1. The main route of infection is believed to be parenteral transmission in children. We sequenced partial pol coding regions of 70 subtype F1 samples from children and adolescents from the PENTA-EPPICC network of which 67 were from Romania. Phylogenetic reconstruction using the sequences and other publically available global...
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