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Molecular epidemiology of HIV-1 in Rio Grande, RS, Brazil.
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - 1 Jan 2000
de Martínez Ana Maria Barral, Barbosa Edel Figueirêdo, Ferreira Paulo César Pelegrino, Cardoso Fabiola Adriene, Silveira Jussara, Sassi Gabriela, da Silva Cláudio Moss, Mendonça-Signorini Vera, Antunes Carlos Maurício de Figueiredo
Abstract excerpt
We conducted a molecular epidemiological study to investigate HIV-1 strains in Rio Grande, southern Brazil, searching for an association with transmission mode and risk behavior. Patients (185) identified at an AIDS treatment reference Hospital, from 1994 to 1997, were included; from which 107 blood samples were obtained. Nested PCR was realized once for each sample; for amplified samples (69) HIV subtypes were...
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