HIV-1 genetic subtype A/B recombinant strain causing an explosive epidemic in injecting drug users in Kaliningrad

Liitsola, Kirsi; Tashkinova, Irina; Laukkanen, Tiina; Korovina, Galina; Smolskaja, Tatjana; Momot, Oleg; Mashkilleyson, Nikolai; Chaplinskas, Saulius; Brummer‐Korvenkontio, Henrikki; Vanhatalo, Jussi; Leinikki, Pauli; Salminen, Mika

doi:10.1097/00002030-199814000-00023

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HIV-1 genetic subtype A/B recombinant strain causing an explosive epidemic in injecting drug users in Kaliningrad

Published in AIDS • Oct 1, 1998

Authors:

Kirsi Liitsola

Irina Tashkinova

Tiina Laukkanen

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the molecular epidemiology and genetic structure of the virus strain(s) causing an outbreak of HIV-1 infection in the Kaliningrad province of the Russian Federation and to investigate the relationship of this outbreak to some other emerging HIV-1 epidemics in the countries...

Subject

Epidemiology

Genotyping

Outbreak

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