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Short communication: Molecular characterization of HIV type 1 BF pol recombinants from São Paulo, Brazil.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Dec 2008
de Souza Ana Carolina Mamana Fernandes, de Oliveira Cristina Mendes, Rodrigues Célia Luiza de Lima, Silva Synara Alexandre Araújo, Levi José Eduardo
Abstract excerpt
In the Brazilian HIV-1 epidemic, subtypes B, C, and F1 are cocirculating in the population. Sequences of the partial pol gene from 463 HIV-1-infected patients were obtained from plasma samples and viral subtype was characterized. BF recombinants were found in 8% of the samples. Fifteen different patterns were observed. A CRF28_BF and CRF29_BF structure was found in 29.7% of the samples, CRF12_BF in 13.5%, and...
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