HIV-1 A1 subtype epidemic in Italy originated from Africa and Eastern Europe and shows a high frequency of transmission chains involving intravenous drug users

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Lai, Alessia ^a   Bozzi, Giorgio ^a   Franzetti, Marco ^a   Binda, Francesca ^a   Simonetti, Francesco R ^a   De Luca, Andrea ^b   Micheli, Valeria ^a   Meraviglia, Paola ^a   Bagnarelli, Patrizia ^c   Di Biagio, Antonio ^d   Monno, Laura ^e   Saladini, Francesco ^f   Zazzi, Maurizio ^f   Zehender, Gianguglielmo ^a   Ciccozzi, Massimo ^g   Balotta, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^g Italian Institute of Health   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; EASTERN EUROPE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS TYPE 1 SUBTYPE A; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS TYPE 1 SUBTYPE A1; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURAL GENE; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; BAYES THEOREM; DRUG USE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AFRICA; BAYES THEOREM; DRUG USERS; EUROPE, EASTERN; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 84954519078     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146097     Document Type: Article

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