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Published in: BMC Infectious Diseases 4/2014

Open Access 01-05-2014 | Oral presentation

The characteristics of the HIV subtype B epidemic in Slovenia

Authors: Maja M Lunar, Ana B Abecasis, Anne-Mieke Vandamme, Janez Tomažič, Ludvik Vidmar, Primož Karner, Tomaž D Vovko, Blaž Pečavar, Mario Poljak

Published in: BMC Infectious Diseases | Special Issue 4/2014

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Slovenia is a small Central European country with a relatively modest burden of HIV disease, with fewer than 1 per 1,000 inhabitants infected. The HIV epidemic mostly affects men who have sex with men (MSM), with subtype B as the most represented subtype in over 85% of patients. The aim of this study was to establish the properties of the subtype B HIV epidemic in Slovenia up to the end of 2012. …
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Title
The characteristics of the HIV subtype B epidemic in Slovenia
Authors
Maja M Lunar
Ana B Abecasis
Anne-Mieke Vandamme
Janez Tomažič
Ludvik Vidmar
Primož Karner
Tomaž D Vovko
Blaž Pečavar
Mario Poljak
Publication date
01-05-2014
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Infectious Diseases / Issue Special Issue 4/2014
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2334
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-14-S4-O23

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