[HTML][HTML] Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

GAC Blood - Transfusion medicine and hemotherapy, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
German Advisory Committee Blood (Arbeitskreis Blut), Subgroup 'Assessment of Pathogens
Transmissible by Blood'tein, TM) are derived. In addition to the structural proteins, the HIV …

[HTML][HTML] HIV-1 subtype B: Traces of a pandemic

DM Junqueira, SE de Matos Almeida - Virology, 2016 - Elsevier
Human migration is a major process that shaped the origin and dissemination of HIV. Within
HIV-1, subtype B (HIV-1B) is the most disseminated variant and it is assumed to be the …

Phylogenetic inferences on HIV-1 transmission: implications for the design of prevention and treatment interventions

B Brenner, MA Wainberg, M Roger - Aids, 2013 - journals.lww.com
In 30 years, the HIV-1/AIDS pandemic has evolved into an increasingly complex disease
composed of multiple epidemics, each influenced by a complex array of biological …

The global spread of hepatitis C virus 1a and 1b: a phylodynamic and phylogeographic analysis

G Magiorkinis, E Magiorkinis, D Paraskevis… - PLoS …, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Background Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is estimated to affect 130–180 million people
worldwide. Although its origin is unknown, patterns of viral diversity suggest that HCV …

Characterizing HIV transmission networks across the United States

JL Aldous, SK Pond, A Poon, S Jain… - Clinical Infectious …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Background. Clinically, human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) pol sequences are
used to evaluate for drug resistance. These data can also be used to evaluate transmission …

HIV-1 outbreak among injecting drug users in Greece, 2011: a preliminary report

D Paraskevis, G Nikolopoulos, C Tsiara… - …, 2011 - eurosurveillance.org
A significant increase (more than 10-fold) in the number of newly diagnosed HIV-1 infections
among injecting drug users (IDUs) was observed in Greece during the first seven months of …

Patterns and characteristics of hepatitis C transmission clusters among HIV-positive and HIV-negative individuals in the Australian trial in acute hepatitis C

GV Matthews, ST Pham, M Hellard… - Clinical Infectious …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Background. Injecting drug users remain the population at greatest risk of acquiring hepatitis
C virus (HCV) infection, although a recent increase in cases of sexually transmitted HCV …

Treatment-naive individuals are the major source of transmitted HIV-1 drug resistance in men who have sex with men in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study

SM Drescher, V von Wyl, WL Yang… - Clinical Infectious …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Background. Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) transmitted drug resistance
(TDR) can compromise antiretroviral therapy (ART) and thus represents an important public …

Viral linkage in HIV-1 seroconverters and their partners in an HIV-1 prevention clinical trial

MS Campbell, JI Mullins, JP Hughes, C Celum… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Background Characterization of viruses in HIV-1 transmission pairs will help identify
biological determinants of infectiousness and evaluate candidate interventions to reduce …

[HTML][HTML] The global spread of HIV-1 subtype B epidemic

G Magiorkinis, K Angelis, I Mamais… - Infection, genetics and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) was discovered in the early 1980s when the
virus had already established a pandemic. For at least three decades the epidemic in the …