| short communication: molecular epidemiology of hiv type 1 in the republic of dagestan, russian federation: virtually uniform circulation of subtype a, former soviet union variant, with predominance of the v77i(pr) subvariant. | we examine the distribution of viral genetic forms and the presence of antiretroviral drug resistance mutations in hiv-1 infections in the republic of dagestan, in the north caucasus area of russia, where a recent large increase in hiv-1 infections has been documented. samples were collected from 41 hiv-1-infected individuals from dagestan, most of them from the cities of derbent (n = 21) and mahachkala (n = 18). thirty six were injecting drug users and five were infected by heterosexual contact ... | 2010 | 20377421 |