An outbreak of HIV-1 subtype G among Italian injecting drug users

AIDS

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1213-1215

  Ciccozzi, Massimo ^a   Montieri, Stefania ^a   Salemi, Marco ^b   De Oliveira, Tulio ^c   Dorrucci, Maria ^a   Sinicco, Alessandro ^d   De Luca, Andrea ^f   Giuliani, Massimo ^g   Balotta, Claudia ^e   Rezza, Giovanni ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d AMEDEO DI SAVOIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^f FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^g Ospedale 'S Gallicano'   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; INJECTION; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOPHYLY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL GENE; VIRUS STRAIN;

BASE SEQUENCE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GENES, POL; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUALITY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 34248562424     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32813aee1a     Document Type: Article

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