Article
Lower prevalence and incidence of HIV-1 syncytium-inducing phenotype among injecting drug users compared with homosexual men.
AIDS (London, England) - 1 Sept 1995
Spijkerman I J, Koot M, Prins M, Keet I P, van den Hoek A J, Miedema F, Coutinho R A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To study the prevalence, incidence and predictive value for progression to AIDS of the HIV-1 syncytium-inducing (SI) phenotype in HIV-infected injecting drug users (IDU) compared with HIV-infected homosexual men. DESIGN: Two prospective cohort studies on HIV-1 infection among IDU and h...
Topics
- Adult
- CD4 Lymphocyte Count
- Cohort Studies
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Gene Expression Regulation, Viral
- Giant Cells
- HIV Seropositivity
- HIV-1
- Homosexuality, Male
- Humans
- Male
- Phenotype
- Prognosis
- Substance Abuse, Intravenous