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A newly emerging HIV-1 recombinant lineage (CRF58_01B) disseminating among people who inject drugs in Malaysia.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Chow Wei Zhen, Takebe Yutaka, Syafina Nur Ezreen, Prakasa Malarvelli Soorya, Chan Kok Gan, Al-Darraji Haider Abdulrazzaq Abed, Koh Clayton, Kamarulzaman Adeeba, Tee Kok Keng
Abstract excerpt
The HIV epidemic is primarily characterised by the circulation of HIV-1 group M (main) comprising of 11 subtypes and sub-subtypes (A1, A2, B-D, F1, F2, G, H, J, and K) and to date 55 circulating recombinant forms (CRFs). In Southeast Asia, active inter-subtype recombination involving three main circulating genotypes--subtype B (including subtype B', the Thai variant of subtype B), CRF01_AE, and CRF33_01B--have...
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