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High frequency of BF mosaic genomes among HIV-1-infected children from Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Archives of virology - 1 Jan 2008
de Oliveira Cristina Mendes, Almeida Flávia Jacqueline, Rodrigues Rosangela, Crozatti Marcia, Vazquez Carla Maria Pasquareli, do Socorro Carneiro Ferrão Maria, Campeas Alexandre Ely, Marques Silvia Regina, Berezin Eitan Naaman, de Macedo Brígido Luis Fernando
Abstract excerpt
HIV-1 genetic diversity information from a pediatric population is scarce. This study enrolled 128 children living with HIV/AIDS, 103 antiretroviral-treated and 25 naive, from the Sao Paulo metropolitan area. Gag, pol and env regions were amplified, and drug resistance mutations, V3 loop, tropism and viral clades were evaluated. Drug resistance mutations among naïve children infected by vertical transmission were...
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