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Predominance of CRF63_02A1 and multiple patterns of unique recombinant forms of CRF63_A1 among individuals with newly diagnosed HIV-1 infection in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia.
Archives of virology - 1 Feb 2017
Gashnikova Natalya M, Zyryanova Darya P, Astakhova Ekaterina M, Ivlev Vladimir V, Gashnikova Maria P, Moskaleva Natalya V, Aikin Sergey S, Bulatova Tatyana N, Pustylnikov Sergey V, Bocharov Evgeny F, Totmenin Aleksey V
Abstract excerpt
Kemerovo Oblast (KO) has had the highest rate of HIV spread in Russia since 2011. The aim of this work was to study the genetic variation of HIV-1 in Kemerovo Oblast. Blood was sampled from a total of 91 HIV-positive antiretroviral-therapy-naïve individuals in 2013 (38) and 2015 (53). HIV-1 subtypes, pol gene drug resistance mutations, and viral tropism were analyzed. In 2013-2015, the prevalence of HIV-1 subtype...
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