Publications by authors named "Shavkat K Yakubov"
Objectives: To determine HIV prevalence and potential associations with sociodemographic and behavioral factors among injection drug users (IDUs) in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Methods: Subjects in this cross-sectional study provided sociodemographic and risk behavior data and were tested for HIV antibody with a saliva-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), followed by saliva-based Western blot confirmation.
Results: Among the 701 IDU subjects enrolled, 209 (29.
Outbreak of a West African recombinant of HIV-1 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
August 2005
Objectives: This research describes the genetic diversity of HIV-1 in Uzbekistan.
Methods: During 2002 and 2003, blood from HIV-positive patients in Uzbekistan was collected, and part of the proviral pol gene and nearly full-length genomes were sequenced and analyzed.
Results: Among 142 Uzbek strains, most clustered genetically with the subtype A strain common in the former Soviet Union.