Drug users are increasingly recognized as a key population driving human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) spread in sub-Saharan Africa. To determine HIV-1 subtypes …

As the AIDS pandemic progresses, an increasingly broad range of genetic diversity
continues to be reported within the main (M) group of HIV-1 viruses with viral subtype …

Objective: Previous data, based on a small sampling of convenience, reported subtypes A,
B, C, D, and G in Uganda, but neither the extent nor the proportion of these subtypes could …

Our objective was to monitor changes in the subtypes of HIV-1 infecting a rural Ugandan
cohort where the spread of HIV-1 is by unprotected heterosexual contact and subtypes A …

Background: HIV/AIDS is the principal pandemic in the world today. Two viral types (HIV-1
and HIV-2), with numerous groups (M, N and O for HIV-1 and A through H for HIV-2) have …

The concomitant presence of five distinct HIV-1 subtypes and of unclassified HIV-1 was
reported in Bangui, Central African Republic (CAR) between 1990 and 1991. This previous …

Monitoring the distribution of HIV-1 subtypes and recombinants among infected individuals
has become a priority in HIV therapy. A laboratory analysis of samples collected from HIV …

Objectives: To determine HIV-1 env and gag subtypes in male homosexual and
heterosexual populations in Cape Town, South Africa. Design: DNA was isolated from blood …

The majority of HIV-1 transmission in Manipur, one of the northeastern states of India, is
through the sharing of needles and syringes among the injecting drug users (IDUs). A total …

Abstract Human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) infection is characterized by genetic
diversity such that specific viral subtypes are predominant in specific geographic areas. To …