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Comparative rates of disease progression among persons infected with the same or different HIV-1 strains. The Transfusion Safety Study Group.
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes and human retrovirology : official publication of the International Retrovirology Association - 1 Jun 1997
Operskalski E A, Busch M P, Mosley J W, Stram D O
Abstract excerpt
Rates of HIV-1 progression vary widely. To investigate the relative effects of viral and host characteristics on course, we compared persons infected by the same and different subtype B strains. Forty-three infection chain clusters were identified, each defined by an infected blood donor, that donor's recipients, and the recipients' sexual partners, representing second and third generations of infection. Analysis...
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