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HIV-1 and HCV sequences from Libyan outbreak

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  • Tulio de Oliveira

    (University of Oxford)

  • Oliver G. Pybus

    (University of Oxford)

  • Andrew Rambaut

    (Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh)

  • Marco Salemi

    (College of Medicine, University of Florida)

  • Sharon Cassol

    (Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria)

  • Massimo Ciccozzi

    (Istituto Superiore di Sanitá)

  • Giovanni Rezza

    (Istituto Superiore di Sanitá)

  • Guido Castelli Gattinara

    (Bambino Gesú Children's Hospital)

  • Roberta D'Arrigo

    (Spallanzani Institute for Infectious Diseases)

  • Massimo Amicosante

    (University of Rome “Tor Vergata”)

  • Luc Perrin

    (Geneva University Hospital)

  • Vittorio Colizzi

    (University of Rome “Tor Vergata”)

  • Carlo Federico Perno

    (University of Rome “Tor Vergata”)

  • Benghazi Study Group

    (For full listing, see supplementary information)

Abstract

In 1998, outbreaks of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection were reported in children attending Al-Fateh Hospital in Benghazi, Libya. Here we use molecular phylogenetic techniques to analyse new virus sequences from these outbreaks. We find that the HIV-1 and HCV strains were already circulating and prevalent in this hospital and its environs before the arrival in March 1998 of the foreign medical staff (five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor) who stand accused of transmitting the HIV strain to the children.

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  • Tulio de Oliveira & Oliver G. Pybus & Andrew Rambaut & Marco Salemi & Sharon Cassol & Massimo Ciccozzi & Giovanni Rezza & Guido Castelli Gattinara & Roberta D'Arrigo & Massimo Amicosante & Luc Perrin , 2006. "HIV-1 and HCV sequences from Libyan outbreak," Nature, Nature, vol. 444(7121), pages 836-837, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:444:y:2006:i:7121:d:10.1038_444836a
    DOI: 10.1038/444836a
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    1. Eva Deuchert, 2011. "The Virgin HIV Puzzle: Can Misreporting Account for the High Proportion of HIV Cases in Self-reported Virgins?," Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies, vol. 20(1), pages 60-89, January.

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