HIV-1 subtype A infection in a community of intravenous drug users in Pakistan

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Khan, Saeed ^a   Rai, Mohammad A ^a   Khanani, Mohammad R ^b   Khan, Muhammad N ^a   Ali, Syed H ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CITY; CLADISTICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; HETERODUPLEX ANALYSIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMED CONSENT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAKISTAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 33751336887     PISSN: 14712334     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-6-164     Document Type: Article

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