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Evidence of multiple introductions and autochthonous transmission of the HIV type 1 CRF02_AG clade in Brazil.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Oct 2012
Delatorre Edson Oliveira, Bello Gonzalo, Eyer-Silva Walter A, Chequer-Fernandez Saada L, Morgado Mariza G, Couto-Fernandez José Carlos
Abstract excerpt
HIV-1 CRF02_AG is the most prevalent intersubtype recombinant form worldwide. Six HIV-1 samples from patients living in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, were subtyped as CRF02_AG at the pol gene between 2004 and 2011. To trace the origin of these viruses, they were compared with 793 CRF02_AG pol sequences of African origin and another four Brazilian CRF02_AG pol sequences previously described. Phylogenetic analysis...
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