A new circulating recombinant form, CRF15_01B, reinforces the linkage between IDU and heterosexual epidemics in Thailand

• Main Authors: Tovanabutra S., Benenson M.W., Sirisopana N., Renzullo P.O., Brown A.E., Robb M.L., Beyrer C., Celentano D.D., McNeil J.G., Birx D.L., Carr J.K., Watanaveeradej V., McCutchan F.E., Viputtikul K., De Souza M., Razak M.H., Suriyanon V., Jittiwutikarn J., Sriplienchan S., Nitayaphan S.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0041867659&partnerID=40&md5=7c259ba8c7a5ad96e3864e8c6fafe541; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12908933; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/3007
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

HIV-1 subtype B and CRF01_AE have been in circulation in Thailand and Southeast Asia for more than a decade. Initially separated by risk group, the two strains are increasingly intermixed, and two recombinant strains of essentially reciprocal structure have been recently reported. Here we identify a...