Increasing HIV Subtype Diversity and Its Clinical Implications in a Sentinel North American Population

BACKGROUND: HIV-1 is a highly diverse virus; subtypes may exhibit differences in rates of transmission, disease progression, neurotoxicity, antiretroviral treatment failure profiles and accuracy of viral load measurements. To date, the HIV epidemic in Canada and the rest of the developed world has b...

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Main Authors: Reed AC Siemieniuk, Brenda Beckthold, M John Gill
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/230380