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Testing a subtype-specific gp41 amplification method for genotyping individuals infected by human immunodeficiency virus type-1 in the Brazilian population of Itajaí, South Brazil.
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo - 1 Jan 2000
Arruda Liã Bárbara, Weber Laura I, Santos Marisa dos, Kawakubo Edson M, Martínez Ana Maria B
Abstract excerpt
The method used by YAGYU et al. for the subtype-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of the gp41 transmembrane region of the human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) env gene, was tested. HIV-1 proviral DNA from 100 infected individuals in Itajaí, South Brazil was used to analyze this method. Seventy individuals were determined according to this method as having PCR products at the expected...
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