High prevalence and association of HIV-1 non-B subtype with specific sexual transmission risk among antiretroviral naïve patients in Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 191-196

  Dias, Cláudia Fontoura ^a,c   Nunes, Cynara Carvalho ^a   Freitas, Isabela Osório ^a   Lamego, Isabel Saraiva ^a   De Oliveira, Ilda Maria Rodrigues ^a   Gilli, Sabrina ^a   Rodrigues, Rosângela ^b   Brigido, Luis Fernando ^b  

^a Prefeitura de Porto Alegre   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; HIV 1 CRF31 BC; HIV 1 subtypes; Molecular epidemiology; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; STRUCTURAL GENE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; BRAZIL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 70349338857     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652009000400003     Document Type: Article

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