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SUBMITTER: Ng KT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4602306 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ng Kim Tien KT Takebe Yutaka Y Chook Jack Bee JB Chow Wei Zhen WZ Chan Kok Gan KG Abed Al-Darraji Haider Abdulrazzaq HA Kamarulzaman Adeeba A Tee Kok Keng KK
Scientific reports 20151013
Co-infections with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and human pegivirus (HPgV) are common in hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected individuals. However, analysis on the evolutionary dynamics and transmission network profiles of these viruses among individuals with multiple infections remains limited. A total of 228 injecting drug users (IDUs), either HCV- and/or HIV-1-infected, were recruited in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. HCV, HIV-1 and HPgV genes were sequenced, with epidemic growth rates as ...[more]