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Complex Subtype Diversity of HIV-1 Among Drug Users in Major Kenyan Cities.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 May 2017
Gounder Kamini, Oyaro Micah, Padayachi Nagavelli, Zulu Thando Mbali, de Oliveira Tulio, Wylie John, Ndung'u Thumbi
Abstract excerpt
Drug users are increasingly recognized as a key population driving human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) spread in sub-Saharan Africa. To determine HIV-1 subtypes circulating in this population group and explore possible geographic differences, we analyzed HIV-1 sequences among drug users from Nairobi, Mombasa, and Kisumu in Kenya. We sequenced gag and env from 55 drug users. Subtype analysis from 220 gag clonal...
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