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Analysis of HIV-1 protease gene reveals frequent multiple infections followed by recombination among drug treated individuals living in São Paulo and Santos, Brazil.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Nunes Edsel Renata De Morais, Zukurov Jean Paulo, Maricato Juliana Terzi, Sucupira Maria Cecília Araripe, Diaz Ricardo Sobhie, Janini Luíz Mário Ramos
Abstract excerpt
The present study investigated the prevalence of HIV-1 multiple infections in a population composed by 47 patients under HAART failure and enrolled at the National DST/AIDS, Program, Ministry of Health, Brazil.Detection of multiple infections was done using a previously published RFLP assay for the HIV-1 protease gene, which is able of distinguishing between infections caused by a single or multiple HIV-1...
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