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Evidence for HIV Type 1 Strains of U.S. Intravenous Drug Users as Founders of AIDS Epidemic among Intravenous Drug Users in Northern Europe
10 Aug 1996
Abstract excerpt
To establish an epidemiological link between HIV-1 epidemics in U.S. and European homosexual men and intravenous drug users (IVDUs) we analyzed the HIV-1 gp120 V3 sequences in both risk groups. Signature pattern analysis revealed that the V3 sequences of viruses from IVDUs in Northern Europe are distinguishable from those of homosexual men on the basis of one amino acid and two synonymous nucleotide...
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