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HIV-1 Subtype F1 Epidemiological Networks among Italian Heterosexual Males Are Associated with Introduction Events from South America
2 Aug 2012
Abstract excerpt
About 40% of the Italian HIV-1 epidemic due to non-B variants is sustained by F1 clade, which circulates at high prevalence in South America and Eastern Europe. Aim of this study was to define clade F1 origin, population dynamics and epidemiological networks through phylogenetic approaches. We analyzed pol sequences of 343 patients carrying F1 subtype stored in the ARCA database from 1998 to 2009. Citizenship of...
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