An HIV type 1 subtype a outbreak among injecting drug users in Latvia

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 15, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 1487-1490

  Ferdats, Andris ^a   Konicheva, Vera ^b   Dievberna, Iveta ^a   Lilja, Elisabet ^c   Albert, Jan ^c,d  

^a AIDS Prevention Centre   (Latvia)

^b National Environmental Health Centre   (Latvia)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHCATHINONE; OPIATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LATVIA; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033230390     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/088922299310007     Document Type: Article

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