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Heterosexual transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 subtype C in southern Brazil.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 May 2012
Silveira Jussara, Santos André F, Martínez Ana M B, Góes Lívia R, Mendoza-Sassi Raul, Muniz Claudia P, Tupinambás Unaí, Soares Marcelo A, Greco Dirceu B
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BACKGROUND: Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) subtype B predominates in Brazil, but in the southern region subtype C is the most frequent, followed by subtypes B, F1 and recombinant forms. In southern Brazil, these subtypes co-circulate in subjects with homogeneous demographic and clinical features, enabling a better understanding of the role of HIV-1 subtypes on the characteristics of infection....
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