Overrepresentation of Injection Drug Use Route of Infection Among Human Immunodeficiency Virus Long-term Nonprogressors: A Nationwide, Retrospective Cohort Study in China, 1989–2016
Author(s) -
Jing Han,
Zunyou Wu,
Jennifer M. McGoogan,
Yurong Mao,
Houlin Tang,
Jian Li,
Yan Zhao,
Cong Jin,
Roger Detels,
Ron Brookmeyer,
Viviane D. Lima,
Julio Montaner
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
open forum infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2328-8957
DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofz182
Subject(s) - medicine , retrospective cohort study , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , injection drug use , cohort , drug , antiretroviral therapy , virology , intravenous drug , pediatrics , viral load , viral disease , pharmacology , drug injection
Overrepresentation of the IDU route of infection among LTNPs is a surprising finding worthy of further study, and this newly defined cohort may be particularly well suited to exploration of the molecular biological mechanisms underlying HIV long-term nonprogression.
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