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Low rate of transmitted drug resistance may indicate low access to antiretroviral treatment in Maranhão State, northeast Brazil.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Feb 2015
Moura Maria Edileuza Soares, Reis Mônica Nogueira da Guarda, Lima Yanna Andressa Ramos, Eulálio Kelsen Dantas, Cardoso Ludimila Paula Vaz, Stefani Mariane Martins de Araújo
Abstract excerpt
The Brazilian AIDS epidemic is characterized by significant geographic contrasts: a reduction in incidence and mortality in the epicenter (southeast) and an increase in the northeast. HIV-1-transmitted drug resistance (TDR) and genetic diversity were investigated among 106 antiretroviral (ARV)-naive patients from Maranhão State, northeast. The HIV-1 protease (PR) and reverse transcriptase (RT) regions were...
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