Article
Molecular epidemiology of HIV-1 in Brazil: high prevalence of HIV-1 subtype B and identification of an HIV-1 subtype D infection in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Evandro Chagas Hospital AIDS Clinical Research Group.
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes and human retrovirology : official publication of the International Retrovirology Association - 15 Aug 1998
Morgado M G, Guimarães M L, Gripp C B, Costa C I, Neves I, Veloso V G, Linhares-Carvalho M I, Castello-Branco L R, Bastos F I, Kuiken C, Castilho E A, Galvão-Castro B, Bongertz V
Abstract excerpt
HIV-1-positive individuals were recruited from January 1993 to December 1996 from several cohorts receiving follow-up in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to evaluate HIV-1 genetic variability and the potential association with modes of transmission. HIV-1 subtyping was carried out using the he...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Brazil
- Cohort Studies
- Consensus Sequence
- DNA, Viral
- Female
- Gene Products, env
- Genetic Variation
- HIV Infections
