HIV-1 genetic subtype A/B recombinant strain causing an explosive epidemic in injecting drug users in Kaliningrad

AIDS

Volumn 12, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 1907-1919

  Liitsola, Kirsi ^a   Tashkinova, Irina ^b   Laukkanen, Tiina ^a   Korovina, Galina ^c   Smolskaja, Tatjana ^c   Momot, Oleg ^b   Mashkilleyson, Nikolai ^a   Chaplinskas, Saulius ^d   Brummer Korvenkontio, Henrikki ^a   Vanhatalo, Jussi ^a   Leinikki, Pauli ^a   Salminen, Mika O ^a,e  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b Kaliningrad AIDS Centre   (Russian Federation)

^c ST PETERSBURG PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d AIDS Preventive Centre of Lithuania   (Lithuania)

^e WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemic; Injecting drug users; Intersubtype recombinant; Molecular epidemiology; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

GAG PROTEIN; OPIATE;

ARTICLE; ENVELOPE GENE; EPIDEMIC; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LITHUANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UKRAINE; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

EID: 2142812683     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199814000-00023     Document Type: Article

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