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Phylogenetics of the Danish HIV epidemic: the role of very late presenters in sustaining the epidemic.
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) - 1 Jan 2013
Audelin Anne M, Cowan Susan A, Obel Niels, Nielsen Claus, Jørgensen Louise B, Gerstoft Jan
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: In Denmark, 300 new individuals are diagnosed with HIV every year, despite decades of public health campaigns aimed to raise awareness of potential risk behavior for HIV transmission. It is important to identify the driving forces of the epidemic, to enable more targeted campaigns. The role of very late presenters (VLPs, defined by a CD4 T-cell count of <200 cells/μL at the time of diagnosis) in...
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