Article
Epidemiological, Clinical and Antiretroviral Susceptibility Characterization of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Subtypes B and Non-B in Pernambuco, Northeast Brazil.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Lima Kledoaldo, de Souza Leal Élcio, Cavalcanti Ana Maria Salustiano, Salustiano Daniela Medeiros, de Medeiros Luzidalva Barbosa, da Silva Sirleide Pereira, Lacerda Heloísa Ramos
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: HIV-1 diversity causes important differences in the virus' biological properties and their interactions with hosts, such as cell tropism, responses to antiretroviral therapy, drug-resistance, and disease progression. OBJECTIVES: We evaluated the interrelationship of phylogenetic inference with epidemiological and laboratory data for HIV-1 isolates circulating in Pernambuco, Northeast Region-Brazil....
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