HIV-1 sub-subtype F1 outbreak among MSM in Belgium

Autor: Vinken, L, Fransen, K, Pineda-Peña, A C, Alexiev, I, Balotta, C, Debaisieux, L, Devaux, C, García Ribas, S, Gomes, P, Incardona, F, Kaiser, R, Ruelle, J, Sayan, M, Paraschiv, S, Paredes, R, Peeters, M, Sonnerborg, A, Vancutsem, E, Van den Wijngaert, S, Van Ranst, M, Verhofstede, C, Vandamme, A-M, Lemey, P, Van Laethem, K
Přispěvatelé: Faculty of Sciences and Bioengineering Sciences, UGENT VUB Alliance Research Group in Information Systems, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Supporting clinical sciences, Microbiology and Infection Control, Clinical Biology, Department of Bio-engineering Sciences, Faculty of Law and Criminology, Fundamental rights centre
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
DOI: 10.1093/ve/vew036.020
Popis: HIV-1 non-B subtype infections have been observed in Belgium since the 1980s. However, subtype B predominates amongst men having sex with men (MSM), whereas other subtypes are mainly associated with sub-Saharan African migrants and heterosexual risk behavior. In the last decade, subtype F1 diagnoses have increased substantially in Belgium, representing 9% of newly diagnosed and therapy-naïve HIV-1 patients linked to care in 2014. In the present study, the Belgian subtype F1 epidemic has been characterized within a global context, where F1 is responsible for
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