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Diverse HCV Strains And HIV URFS Identified Amongst People Who Inject Drugs In India.
Scientific reports - 29 Apr 2020
Rodgers Mary A, Gomathi Selvamurthi, Vallari Ana, Saravanan Shanmugam, Lucas Gregory M, Mehta Shruti, Solomon Sunil S, Cloherty Gavin A
Abstract excerpt
Although the prevalences of HIV and HCV are significantly higher amongst PWID in India compared to the general population, the strains circulating within this group have not been well-characterized. Through subgenomic sequencing of viruses present in residual plasma from an HIV/HCV prevalence study conducted amongst PWID across five cities in India in 2016-2017, a total of N = 498 HCV and N = 755 HIV strains were...
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