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Circulation of HIV-1 subtype A within the subtype C HIV-1 epidemic in Tamil Nadu, India.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Oct 2012
Ragupathy Viswanath, Casado Concepción, Jacob Saramma Mini, Samuel Narasappa Mathew, Lopez-Galindez C
Abstract excerpt
The HIV-1 epidemic in India is caused mainly by subtype C viruses that are transmitted sexually and by injecting drug use. The state of Tamil Nadu in Southern India has an HIV-1 median prevalence of 16.8% among injecting drug users, 6.6% in men who have sex with men, and 4.6% in female sex workers. In the rural district of Namakkal, a prevalence >3% was detected among antenatal women. The goal of this study was...
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