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HIV-1 Epidemiology, Genetic Diversity, and Primary Drug Resistance in the Tyumen Oblast, Russia.
BioMed research international - 1 Jan 2016
Gashnikova Natalya M, Astakhova Ekaterina M, Gashnikova Mariya P, Bocharov Evgeniy F, Petrova Svetlana V, Pun'ko Olga A, Popkov Alexander V, Totmenin Aleksey V
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Introduction. Specific molecular epidemic features of HIV infection in Tyumen Oblast (TO), Russia, were studied. Methods. The genome sequences encoding HIV-1 protease-reverse transcriptase, integrase, and major envelope protein were examined for 72 HIV-1 specimens isolated from the TO resident infected in 2000-2015. Results. The recorded prevalence of HIV-1 subtype A (A1) is 93.1%; HIV-1 subtype B continues to...
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