Publications

molecular characterization of tat gene and long terminal repeat region of human immunodeficiency virus type-1 detected among the injecting drug users (idus) of manipur, india: identification of bc recombinants.	the tat gene of human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (hiv-1) is responsible for the initiation and elongation of viral transcription through the ltr (long terminal repeat) transactivation process. our study included structural and functional analyses of the tat gene and ltr region of 35 injecting drug users (idus) from manipur (a north-eastern state in india and a potential source of hiv-1 recombinants) in order to search for the recombinants and variation in the transactivation process if any du ...	2010	19896991
shifts in drug-taking threaten asia.	infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) is spreading rapidly among injection drug users (idus), particularly in countries of the golden triangle where myanmar (burma), thailand, and laos converge and the pure heroin china white is refined. thailand, myanmar, hong kong, malaysia, singapore, the southern provinces of china, and the northeastern states of mizoram, manipur and nagaland in india are affected. infection has reached 50% and more in some groups of idus in these countries ...	1992	12317433