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Spatiotemporal Characteristics of the HIV-1 CRF02_AG/CRF63_02A1 Epidemic in Russia and Central Asia.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 May 2018
Kostaki Evangelia-Georgia, Karamitros Timokratis, Bobkova Marina, Oikonomopoulou Martha, Magiorkinis Gkikas, Garcia Federico, Hatzakis Angelos, Paraskevis Dimitrios
Abstract excerpt
Eastern European countries, including Russia, Ukraine, and other former Soviet Union (FSU) countries, have experienced a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic spreading mostly among people who inject drugs (PWID). We aimed to investigate the origin and the dispersal patterns of HIV-1 CRF02_AG in Russia and other FSU countries. We studied 136 CRF02_AG sequences originating from Russia, and FSU countries...
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