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Brazilian Network for HIV Drug Resistance Surveillance (HIV-BResNet): a survey of chronically infected individuals.
AIDS (London, England) - 2 May 2003
Brindeiro Rodrigo M, Diaz Ricardo S, Sabino Ester C, Morgado Mariza G, Pires Ivone L, Brigido Luís, Dantas Maria C, Barreira Draurio, Teixeira Paulo R, Tanuri Amilcar
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To study the prevalence of HIV drug resistance mutations and subtype distribution in a Brazilian drug-naive population. Asymptomatic, drug-naive HIV-1-infected individuals were targeted in 13 voluntary counseling and testing centers spread around the country. METHODS: Plasma viral RNA was extracted from 535 HIV-1-positive subjects. Protease (PR) and reverse transcriptase (RT) genomic regions were...
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