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Identification of 3 distinct HIV-1 founding strains responsible for expanding epidemic among men who have sex with men in 9 Chinese cities.
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) - 1 Sept 2013
Han Xiaoxu, An Minghui, Zhang Min, Zhao Bin, Wu Hao, Liang Shu, Chen Xi, Zhuang Minghua, Yan Hongjing, Fu Jihua, Lu Lin, Cai Weiping, Takebe Yutaka, Shang Hong
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OBJECTIVES: To investigate the epidemiological relationships between HIV-1 strains that are spread among the men who have sex with men (MSM) populations of 9 cities across China and to analyze the origins and divergence times of the major epidemic strains found in the MSM population. METHODS: A total of 583 HIV-1-positive subjects were recruited from high-risk MSM populations in 9 cities across China between 2009...
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