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

BACKGROUND: Subtype A accounts for only 12% of HIV-1 infections worldwide but predominates in Russia and Former Soviet Union countries of Eastern Europe. After an early propagation via heterosexual contacts, this variant spread explosively among intravenous drug users. A distinct A1 variant predomin...

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Autores principales: Lai, Alessia, Bozzi, Giorgio, Franzetti, Marco, Binda, Francesca, Simonetti, Francesco R., De Luca, Andrea, Micheli, Valeria, Meraviglia, Paola, Bagnarelli, Patrizia, Di Biagio, Antonio, Monno, Laura, Saladini, Francesco, Zazzi, Maurizio, Zehender, Gianguglielmo, Ciccozzi, Massimo, Balotta, Claudia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4709132/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26752062
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0146097

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