Evidence That HIV-1 CRF01_AE Is Associated with Low CD4+T Cell Count and CXCR4 Co-Receptor Usage in Recently Infected Young Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in Shanghai, China

The rapidly expanding CRF01_AE epidemic in China is driven by multiple lineages of HIV-1 viruses introduced in the 1990s

(2013) Yi Feng et al.   AIDS

Determination of the High Prevalence of Dual/Mixed- or X4-Tropism Among HIV Type 1 CRF01_AE in Hong Kong by Genotyping and Phenotyping Methods

(2013) Sabrina Wai-Chi To et al.   AIDS RESEARCH AND HUMAN RETROVIRUSES

High prevalence of CXCR4 usage among treatment-naive CRF01_AE and CRF51_01B-infected HIV-1 subjects in Singapore

(2013) Kah Ying Ng et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

HIV and Syphilis Prevalence Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: A Cross-Sectional Survey of 61 Cities in China

(2013) Zunyou Wu et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Identification of 3 Distinct HIV-1 Founding Strains Responsible for Expanding Epidemic Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in 9 Chinese Cities

(2013) Xiaoxu Han et al.   JAIDS-JOURNAL OF ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES

New Emerging Recombinant HIV-1 Strains and Close Transmission Linkage of HIV-1 Strains in the Chinese MSM Population Indicate a New Epidemic Risk

(2013) Jianjun Wu et al.   PLoS One

HIV-1 Tropism Determination Using a Phenotypic Env Recombinant Viral Assay Highlights Overestimation of CXCR4-Usage by Genotypic Prediction Algorithms for CRRF01_AE and CRF02_AG

(2013) Martin Mulinge et al.   PLoS One

Recent HIV-1 Infection Contributes to the Viral Diffusion over the French Territory with a Recent Increasing Frequency

(2012) Pierre Frange et al.   PLoS One

A Comprehensive Mapping of HIV-1 Genotypes in Various Risk Groups and Regions across China Based on a Nationwide Molecular Epidemiologic Survey

(2012) Xiang He et al.   PLoS One

Predicted HIV-1 coreceptor usage among Kenya patients shows a high tendency for subtype d to be cxcr4 tropic

(2012) Veronica Wambui et al.   AIDS Research and Therapy

HIV-1 Dual Infection Is Associated With Faster CD4+ T-Cell Decline in a Cohort of Men With Primary HIV Infection

(2011) M. Cornelissen et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Ambiguous Nucleotide Calls From Population-based Sequencing of HIV-1 are a Marker for Viral Diversity and the Age of Infection

(2011) Roger D. Kouyos et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Presence of CXCR4-Using HIV-1 in Patients With Recently Diagnosed Infection: Correlates and Evidence for Transmission

(2011) Kristen Chalmet et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Selective transmission of R5 HIV-1 variants: where is the gatekeeper?

(2011) Jean-Charles Grivel et al.   Journal of Translational Medicine

European guidelines on the clinical management of HIV-1 tropism testing

(2011) LPR Vandekerckhove et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Increased Rate of CD4+ T-Cell Decline and Faster Time to Antiretroviral Therapy in HIV-1 Subtype CRF01_AE Infected Seroconverters in Singapore

(2011) Oon Tek Ng et al.   PLoS One

HIV Incidence among Men Who Have Sex with Men in China: A Meta-Analysis of Published Studies

(2011) Hong-Min Li et al.   PLoS One

Impact of HIV-1 viral subtype on disease progression and response to antiretroviral therapy

(2010) Philippa J Easterbrook et al.   Journal of the International AIDS Society

CCR5- and CXCR4-Tropic Subtype C Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Isolates Have a Lower Level of Pathogenic Fitness than Other Dominant Group M Subtypes: Implications for the Epidemic

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