Extreme founder effect in an HIV type 1 subtype A epidemic among drug users in Svetlogorsk, Belarus. NLM AIDSLINE Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 1999. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.

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Extreme founder effect in an HIV type 1 subtype A epidemic among drug users in Svetlogorsk, Belarus.

AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 1998 Sep 20;14(14):1299-303. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE +
Lukashov VV; Karamov EV; Eremin VF; Titov LP; Goudsmit J; Department of Human Retrovirology, Academic Medical Center,; University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Keywords: JOURNAL ARTICLE Adolescence Adult Amino Acid Sequence Byelarus/EPIDEMIOLOGY Disease Outbreaks *Founder Effect Gene Products, gag/GENETICS Human HIV Core Protein p24/GENETICS HIV Envelope Protein gp120/GENETICS HIV Infections/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/*VIROLOGY HIV-1/*CLASSIFICATION/*ISOLATION & PURIF Molecular Sequence Data Peptide Fragments/GENETICS Sequence Analysis, DNA *Substance Abuse, IntravenousKWDjournalarticleadolescenceadultaminoacidsequencebyelarus/epidemiologydiseaseoutbreaksKWDfoundereffectgeneproducts,gag/geneticshumanhivcoreproteinp24/geneticshivenvelopeproteingp120/geneticshivinfections/KWDepidemiology/KWDvirologyhiv-1/KWDclassification/KWDisolation&purifmolecularsequencedatapeptidefragments/geneticssequenceanalysis,dnaKWDsubstanceabuse,intravenous
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