Infection with HIV-1 subtypes B and E in injecting drug users screened for enrollment into a prospective cohort in Bangkok, Thailand

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 289-295

  Kitayaporn, Dwip ^a,b,c,i   Vanichseni, Suphak ^d   Mastro, Timothy D ^a,b,e   Raktham, Suwanee ^d   Vaniyapongs, Thamnoon ^d   Des Jarlais, Don C ^f   Wasi, Chantapong ^g   Young, Nancy L ^a,b,e   Sujarita, Sathit ^d   Heyward, William L ^e,h   Esparza, José ^h  

^a HIV/AIDS Collaboration   (Thailand)

^b Ministry of Public Health of Thailand   (Thailand)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d Bangkok Metropolitan Administration   (Thailand)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^f BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^h UNAIDS   (Switzerland)

ⁱ MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Asia Drug users; HIV; HIV 1 subtypes; Molecular epidemiology; Prevalence; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE PATTERN; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; THAILAND; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; RNA VIRUSES; THAILAND VIRUS;

EID: 13144293085     PISSN: 10779450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199811010-00012     Document Type: Article

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