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Phylogeographical Analysis Reveals Distinct Sources of HIV-1 and HCV Transmitted to Former Blood Donors in China.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Mar 2017
Du Ling, Wu Jianjun, Qian Peiyu, Xin Ruolei, Ni Ya, Han Renzhi, Meng Zhefeng, Xia Jinglin
Abstract excerpt
Historically, coinfection of HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) was frequent among Chinese former blood donors (FBDs). This is largely due to ignorance/lack of education regarding appropriate sterilizing techniques and/or the availability of single-use needles and equipment. Although HCV shares identical transmission routes with HIV, the source of HCV in the Chinese blood donor population still remains unknown. In...
Topics
- Blood Donors
- China
- Coinfection
- Evolution, Molecular
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- HIV Infections
- HIV-1
- Hepacivirus
- Hepatitis C, Chronic
- Humans
- Molecular Epidemiology
- Phylogeography
- Sequence Analysis, DNA