Heterogeneity and penetration of HIV-1 non-subtype B viruses in an Italian province: Public health implications

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 138, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1298-1307

  Torti, C ^a   Lapadula, G ^b   Izzo, I ^a   Brindicci, G ^c   Labbate, G ^d   Quiros Roldan, E ^a   Diallo, I ^a   Gargiulo, F ^d   Castelnuovo, F ^e   Calabresi, A ^a   Carosi, G ^a   Manca, N ^d   Monno, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^e Infectious Diseases Department   (Italy)

Author keywords

HIV subtypes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIC; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON SUBTYPE B HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ENTRY; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 77956646284     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268810000166     Document Type: Article

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