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Analysis of a local HIV-1 epidemic in portugal highlights established transmission of non-B and non-G subtypes.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 May 2015
Carvalho Alexandre, Costa Patrício, Triunfante Vera, Branca Fernando, Rodrigues Fernando, Santos Catarina L, Correia-Neves Margarida, Saraiva Margarida, Lecour Henrique, Castro António G, Pedrosa Jorge, Osório Nuno S
Abstract excerpt
The existing data support Portugal as the western European country with the highest HIV-1 subtype diversity. However, detailed phylogenetic studies of Portuguese HIV-1 epidemics are still scarce. Thus, our main goal was to analyze the phylodynamics of a local HIV-1 infection in the Portuguese region of Minho. Molecular epidemiological analysis was applied to data from 289 HIV-1-infected individuals followed at...
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