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Diversity of HIV type 1 and drug resistance mutations among injecting drug users in Kenya.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Jan 2013
Osman Saida, Lihana Raphael W, Kibaya Rukia M, Ishizaki Azumi, Bi Xiuqiong, Okoth Fredrick A, Ichimura Hiroshi, Lwembe Raphael M
Abstract excerpt
Drug use in Kenya dates back to the precolonial period but research among drug users in relation to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated risk and intervention strategies has been low. To evaluate HIV-1 diversity and drug resistance among injecting drug users (IDUs), a cross-sectional study involving 58 patients was carried out in Mombasa between February and March 2010. HIV-1 RNA was extracted from...
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