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HIV genotypes and primary drug resistance among HIV-seropositive blood donors in Brazil: role of infected blood donors as sentinel populations for molecular surveillance of HIV.
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) - 1 Jul 2013
Alencar Cecília S, Sabino Ester C, Carvalho Silvia M F, Leao Silvana C, Carneiro-Proietti Anna B, Capuani Ligia, Oliveira Cláudia L, Carrick Danielle, Birch Rebecca J, Gonçalez Thelma T, Keating Sheila, Swanson Priscilla A, Hackett John, Busch Michael P
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BACKGROUND: There are few surveillance studies analyzing genotypes or primary (transmitted) drug resistance in HIV-infected blood donors in Brazil. The aim of this study was to characterize patterns of HIV genotypes and primary resistance among HIV-seropositive donors identified at 4 geographically dispersed blood centers in Brazil. METHODS: All HIV-infected donors who returned for counseling at the 4 REDS-II...
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