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Molecular Epidemiology of HIV-1 Virus in Puerto Rico: Novel Cases of HIV-1 Subtype C, D, and CRF-24BG.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Jun 2018
López Pablo, De Jesús Omayra, Yamamura Yasuhiro, Rodríguez Nayra, Arias Andrea, Sánchez Raphael, Rodríguez Yadira, Tamayo-Agrait Vivian, Cuevas Wilfredo, Rivera-Amill Vanessa
Abstract excerpt
HIV-1 subtype B virus is the most prevalent subtype in Puerto Rico (PR), accounting for about 90% of infection in the island. Recently, other subtypes and circulating recombinant forms (CRFs), including F(12_BF), A (01_BF), and CRF-39 BF-like, have been identified. The purpose of this study is to assess the distribution of drug resistance mutations and subtypes in PR. A total of 846 nucleotide sequences from the...
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