| [isolation of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) in epidemic area of hiv infection in yunnan province]. | blood were collected from hiv infected persons in epidemic area of hiv infection in yunnan province for isolation of hiv. the coculture method was used for cultivating the virus and reverse transcriptase assay (rt) was the main method for detection of hiv. of 25 seropositive, 24 asymptomatic and one pgl, 10 showed positive rt activity (greater than 5,000 cpm/ml and with a steadily increase, some to more than 40,000 cpm/ml). the results were confirmed by the detection of hiv1 p24 ag (elisa) and h ... | 1991 | 1713810 |
| complete nef gene sequence of hiv type 1 subtype b' from professional plasma donors in the people's republic of china. | probably more than 150,000 people are infected with hiv in china. although hiv-1 infection was initially limited to the southern province of yunnan, it is increasingly spreading in the interior of the country, and multiple hiv-1 subtypes have been identified, including b, c, and e. envelope (env) gene sequences of hiv-1 strains from yunnan resemble hiv subtype b' strains from thailand. the authors analyzed the nef gene from hiv-1-infected professional plasma donors to determine if deletions an ... | 1998 | 9546806 |
| dominance of hiv-1 subtype crf01_ae in sexually acquired cases leads to a new epidemic in yunnan province of china. | dating back to the first epidemic among injection drug users in 1989, the yunnan province has had the highest number of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (hiv-1) infections in china. however, the molecular epidemiology of hiv-1 in yunnan has not been fully characterized. | 2006 | 17105339 |
| [study on sexual behavior and hiv/stis among miners in yunnan province]. | this paper aims to describe human immunodeficiency virus/sexual transmitted infections (hiv/stis) related knowledge, attitudes, practice and the prevalence of hiv/stis amongst miners. | 2006 | 16737562 |
| 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 |
| molecular tracing of sexual hiv type 1 transmission in the southwest border of china. | since the first outbreak of hiv-1 was reported in heroin users in china in 1989, hiv-1 has spread steadily among injection drug users, leading to an exponential growth of nationwide outbreaks from 1998 to 2004. however, the impact of sexual transmission on outbreaks of hiv in china's general population is still unclear. through a governmental hiv/aids surveillance program, an hiv serological study was conducted in volunteers between 1996 and 2005 in xishuangbanna dai autonomous prefecture of yun ... | 2008 | 18462079 |
| human immunodeficiency virus-1 genotypic drug resistance among volunteer blood donors in yunnan, china. | drug resistance profiles of human immunodeficiency virus-1 (hiv-1) in treatment-naïve infections have been reported in developed countries. however, little is known in developing countries, including china, especially in treatment-naïve volunteer blood donors. | 2009 | 19453981 |
| prevalence and predictors of herpes simplex virus type 2 infection among female sex workers in yunnan province, china. | the objective of this study was to determine the seroprevalence of herpes simplex virus type 2 (hsv-2), and to evaluate the relationship between hsv-2 infection and sociodemographic factors and the sexual practices of female sex workers (fsws) in kaiyuan city, yunnan province, china. this cross-sectional study involved 737 fsws and was carried out from march to may 2006 with confidential interviews and laboratory tests for hsv-2 and other sexually transmitted infections (sti). hsv-2 was the most ... | 2008 | 18725558 |
| herpes simplex virus type 2 infection among commercial sex workers in kunming, yunnan province, china. | a cross-sectional survey was conducted to determine the sociodemographic correlates of herpes simplex virus type 2 (hsv-2) infection among male and female commercial sex workers in kunming, yunnan province of china. hsv-2 prevalence was 33.0%, human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection was 2.4% and hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection was 6.8%. subjects who were positive for hsv-2 had a significantly higher prevalence of hiv infection (5.5% versus 0.9%, p = 0.002; odds ratio [or]: 6.4, p = 0.006) ... | 2008 | 18824623 |
| [the analysis of human immunodeficiency virus-1 subtypes in yunnan province]. | to analyze the geographical distribution and risk factors of hiv-1 subtypes in yunnan province. | 2008 | 19141223 |