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

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 488-494

  Morgado, Mariza G ^a   Guimarães, Monick L ^a   Gripp, Carmen B G ^a   Costa, Catia I ^a   Neves Jr , Ivan ^a   Veloso, Valdiléa G ^b   Linhares Carvalho, Maria Inês ^a   Castello Branco, Luis R ^a   Bastos, Francisco I ^a   Kuiken, Carla ^c   Castilho, Euclides A ^a,d   Galvão Castro, Bernardo ^a   Bongertz, Vera ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Heteroduplex mobility assay; HIV 1 subtype D infection; HIV 1 subtypes in Brazil

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TYPING;

EID: 0010438437     PISSN: 10779450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199808150-00011     Document Type: Article

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