Evidence for a "Founder Effect" among HIV-infected injection drug users (IDUs) in Pakistan
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>We have previously reported a HIV-1 subtype A infection in a community of injection drug users (IDUs) in Karachi, Pakistan. We now show that this infection among the IDUs may have originated from a single source.</p> <p>M...
Main Authors: | Yanagihara Richard, Khan Saeed, Khoja Suhail, Nerurkar Vivek R, Rai Mohammad A, Rehman Arish, Kazmi Shahana U, Ali Syed H |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2010-01-01
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Series: | BMC Infectious Diseases |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/10/7 |
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