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Short Communication: Reassessing the Origin of the HIV-1 CRF02_AG Lineages Circulating in Brazil.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Dec 2015
Delatorre Edson, Velasco-De-Castro Carlos A, Pilotto José H, Couto-Fernandez José Carlos, Bello Gonzalo, Morgado Mariza G
Abstract excerpt
HIV-1 CRF02_AG is responsible for at least 8% of the HIV-1 infections worldwide and is distributed mainly in West Africa. CRF02_AG has recently been reported in countries where it is not native, including Brazil. In a previous study including 10 CRF02_AG Brazilian samples, we found at least four independent introductions and two autochthonous transmission networks of this clade in Brazil. As more CRF02_AG samples...
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