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Genetic variability of human immunodeficiency virus-1 in Bahia state, Northeast, Brazil: high diversity of HIV genotypes.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Mar 2009
Monteiro Joana Paixão, Alcantara Luiz Carlos Junior, de Oliveira Tulio, Oliveira Antonio Marcos, Melo Marco Antônio Gomes, Brites Carlos, Galvão-Castro Bernardo
Abstract excerpt
The HIV-1 genetic variability in Bahia state, Brazil, was investigated. DNA samples from 229 and 213 HIV-1-infected individuals were analyzed using the heteroduplex mobility assay (HMA) in gag and env fragments, respectively. One hundred seventy-five samples were characterized in both genes. Thirty-two subtype F and BF recombinant viruses were sequenced and analyzed by phylogenetic methods. The combination of HMA...
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