Distinct HIV type 1 strains in different risk groups and the absence of new infections by drug-resistant strains in Lithuania

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 732-737

  Caplinskas, Saulius ^a   Loukachov, Vladimir V ^b   Gasich, Elena L ^c   Gilyazova, Alla V ^d   Caplinskiene, Irma ^a   Lukashov, Vladimir V ^b,d  

^a MYKOLAS ROMERIS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Republican Research and Practical Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology   (Belarus)

^d D I IVANOVSKY INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; LITHUANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, VIRAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENES, ENV; GENES, GAG; GENES, POL; GENOTYPE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; LITHUANIA; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION RATE; PHYLOGENY; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 84876230857     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: 19318405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2012.0312     Document Type: Article

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