期刊名称：International Journal of Collaborative Research on Internal Medicine & Public Health
电子版ISSN：1840-4529
出版年度：2013
卷号：5
期号：5
出版社：DRUNPP Sarajevo
摘要：Background: HIV has a genetic diversity that is equal to the complexity of the follow up of patients. The classification of the different variants has allowed us to understand the virus, the geographical distribution and evolution of the pandemic and to better guide the follow up and the care of patients infected by HIV. Aim & Objectives: Review the specifics of the HIV epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in terms of different molecular variants of HIV compared to different geographical location published for the country. Methods/Study Design: The search of the literature and abstracts presented at conferences with the subject of interest to identify different variants of HIV type 1 in the DRC on the websites of research. Online search was based on the following key words: "HIV subtype, DRC", "genotype, HIV, DRC" and "HIV strains in the Democratic Republic of Congo". It was restricted to the published literatures and presented abstracts between 1997 and 2012. Socio-demographic information of the sample, measurement methods and objectives were considered in the evaluation of the search results
关键词：HIV-1; variants; geography; Democratic Republic of Congo
