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Genetic diversity and primary resistance among HIV-1-positive patients from Maringá, Paraná, Brazil.
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo - 1 Aug 2012
Gaspareto Karine Vieira, Mello Flávia Myrian Martins de Almeida, Dias José Ricardo Colleti, Meneguetti Vera Alice Fernandes, Storti Marta Evelyn Giansante, Ferreira João Leandro de Paula, Lança André Minhoto, Rodrigues Rosângela, Brígido Luis Fernando de Macedo, Teixeira Jorge Juarez Vieira, Bertolini Dennis Armando
Abstract excerpt
The objective of this study is to identify subtypes of Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1 (HIV-1) and to analyze the presence of mutations associated to antiretroviral resistance in the protease (PR) and reverse transcriptase (RT) regions from 48 HIV-1 positive treatment naïve patients from an outpatient clinic in Maringá, Paraná, Brazil. Sequencing was conducted using PR, partial RT and group-specific antigen...
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