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High HIV-1 Genetic Diversity in Patients from Northern Brazil.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Sept 2016
da Costa Carolina Marinho, Costa de Oliveira Cintia Mara, Chehuan de Melo Yonne Francis, Delatorre Edson, Bello Gonzalo, Couto-Fernandez Jose Carlos
Abstract excerpt
The HIV-1 epidemic in Brazil is driven by subtypes B, F1, and C and recombinants forms among those subtypes. The distribution of HIV-1 subtypes, however, may vary across different Brazilian regions and the molecular epidemiologic profile in Northern Brazil remains poorly explored. HIV-1 pol sequences were obtained from 305 patients failing antiretroviral therapy followed at outpatient clinics from five Northern...
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