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HIV-1 Thai B strain has spread out of former plasma donors into general population through sexual contact in Henan, China.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Apr 2016
Li Lin, Sun Guoqing, Zhong Ping, Han Jingwan, Li Tianyi, Jia Dijing, Liu Yongjian, Sun Changrong, Wang Zhe, Li Hanping, Wang Xiaolin, Li Jingyun
Abstract excerpt
Henan, China is characterized by the outbreak of HIV epidemic of Thai B strain in former plasma donors in 1990s. After the forbidden of paid blood donation, whether Thai B strain will spread out of former plasma donors into sexual transmitted population is unknown. To answer the question, phylogenetic analysis was used to explore relationships of HIV strains circulating in those two populations in the study....
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