HIV-1 A1 Subtype Epidemic in Italy Originated from Africa and Eastern Europe and Shows a High Frequency of Transmission Chains Involving Intravenous Drug Users

Alessia Lai; Giorgio Bozzi; Marco Franzetti; Francesca Binda; Francesco R. Simonetti; Andrea De Luca; Valeria Micheli; Paola Meraviglia; Patrizia Bagnarelli; Antonio Di Biagio; Laura Monno; Francesco Saladini; Maurizio Zazzi; Gianguglielmo Zehender; Massimo Ciccozzi; Claudia Balotta

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0146097

HIV-1 A1 Subtype Epidemic in Italy Originated from Africa and Eastern Europe and Shows a High Frequency of Transmission Chains Involving Intravenous Drug Users

Alessia Lai, Giorgio Bozzi, Marco Franzetti, Francesca Binda, Francesco R. Simonetti, Andrea De Luca, Valeria Micheli, Paola Meraviglia, Patrizia Bagnarelli, Antonio Di Biagio, Laura Monno, Francesco Saladini, Maurizio Zazzi, Gianguglielmo Zehender, Massimo Ciccozzi, Claudia Balotta

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

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Abstract

Subtype A accounts for only 12% of HIV-1 infections worldwide but predominates in Russia and Former Soviet Union countries of Eastern Europe. After an early propagation via heterosexual contacts, this variant spread explosively among intravenous drug users. A distinct A1 variant predominates in Greece and Albania, which penetrated directly from Africa. Clade A1 accounts for 12.5% of non-B subtypes in Italy, being the most frequent after F1 subtype.

Lingua originale	English
pagine (da-a)	e0146097-e0146097
Rivista	PLoS One
Volume	11
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0146097
Stato di pubblicazione	Pubblicato - 2016

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Lai, A., Bozzi, G., Franzetti, M., Binda, F., Simonetti, F. R., De Luca, A., Micheli, V., Meraviglia, P., Bagnarelli, P., Di Biagio, A., Monno, L., Saladini, F., Zazzi, M., Zehender, G., Ciccozzi, M., & Balotta, C. (2016). HIV-1 A1 Subtype Epidemic in Italy Originated from Africa and Eastern Europe and Shows a High Frequency of Transmission Chains Involving Intravenous Drug Users. PLoS One, 11, e0146097-e0146097. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0146097

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HIV-1 A1 Subtype Epidemic in Italy Originated from Africa and Eastern Europe and Shows a High Frequency of Transmission Chains Involving Intravenous Drug Users

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