Molecular Diversity of HIV-1 among People Who Inject Drugs in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Massive Expansion of Circulating Recombinant Form (CRF) 33_01B and Emergence of Multiple Unique Recombinant Clusters

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Chow, Wei Zhen ^a   Ong, Lai Yee ^a   Razak, Siti Humaira ^a   Lee, Yeat Mei ^a   Ng, Kim Tien ^a   Yong, Yean Kong ^a   Azmel, Azureen ^a   Takebe, Yutaka ^a,b   Al Darraji, Haider Abdulrazzaq Abed ^a   Kamarulzaman, Adeeba ^a   Tee, Kok Keng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCULATING RECOMBINANT FORM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION RISK; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; GENETIC VARIATION; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877154893     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062560     Document Type: Article

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