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Transmission dynamics and molecular characterization of HIV-1 epidemic among therapeutic failure patients in Santa Catarina state, southern Brazil.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Aug 2021
Fritsch Hegger M, Tanuri Amilcar, Pinto Aguinaldo R, Gräf Tiago
Abstract excerpt
The HIV-1 epidemic in southern Brazil is mostly caused by subtype C, which contrasts the dominance of subtype B in the other regions of the country. Santa Catarina (SC), although the smallest state in the southern region, presents one of the highest incidences and mortality rates in Brazil due to AIDS. This work investigated the HIV-1 molecular diversity and phylogenetic transmission networks in SC state by...
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