An HIV Type 1 Subtype A Outbreak among Injecting Drug Users in Kazakhstan

F. Bobkov, Aleksei; Kazennova, Elena; L. Sukhanova, Anna; Mr, Bobkova; Pokrovsky, Vadim; V. Zeman, Victoria; Kovtunenko, N; B. Erasilova, Isidora

doi:10.1089/aid.2004.20.1134

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An HIV Type 1 Subtype A Outbreak among Injecting Drug Users in Kazakhstan

Published in AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses • Oct 1, 2004

Authors:

Aleksei F. Bobkov

Elena Kazennova

Anna L. Sukhanova

Abstract

Kazakhstan experienced the start of the HIV-1 outbreak among intravenous drug users (IDUs) in 1997. To characterize genetically HIV-1 strains circulating in this country, peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) DNA samples (1999-2002) derived from HIV-infected IDUs and their sexual partners in Pa...

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Heteroduplex

Virology

Group-specific antigen

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