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An HIV Type 1 Epidemic among Injecting Drug Users in the Former Soviet Union Caused by a Homogeneous Subtype A Strain
20 Sept 1997
Abstract excerpt
Epidemiological data have demonstrated rapid growth of HIV-1 infections among injecting drug users (IDUs) in the Ukraine and Russia, during 1996. Here we describe the results of genetic analysis of isolates derived from 12 HIV-1-infected IDUs in different sites of Russia and the Ukraine. The blood samples were taken within a 1- to 2-month period after the first HIV-1-positive test. The results of the heteroduplex...
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