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HIV primary drug resistance and associated HIV risk factors among HIV positive blood donors in Brazil from 2007 to 2017.
Transfusion medicine (Oxford, England) - 1 Apr 2021
Moreira Carlos Henrique Valente, Salomon Tassila, Alencar Cecília S, Gonçalez Thelma T, Sabino Ester C, Preiss Liliana, Loureiro Paula, Lopes Maria Esther, Teixeira Carolina Miranda, Mundim Mariana, Carneiro-Proietti Anna Barbara, de Almeida-Neto Cesar, Custer Brian
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Acquisition of HIV primary drug resistant (PDR) infection can lead to poor virologic and clinical outcomes in individuals and hampers public health efforts in epidemic control. Monitoring PDR in HIV-positive blood donors can be used to inform nationwide trends in the spread of drug-resistant HIV strains. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional study using genetic sequence analysis to assess HIV pol...
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