Short communication: Evidences of recent decline in the expansion rate of the HIV type 1 subtype C and CRF31-BC epidemics in southern Brazil

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1065-1069

  Bello, Gonzalo ^a   Guimarães, Monick L ^a   Passaes, Caroline P B ^a   Almeida, Sabrina E Matos ^b   Veloso, Valdilea G ^c   Morgado, Mariza G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Fundacao Estadual de Producao e Pesquisa em Saude   (Brazil)

^c Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIC; GENE SEQUENCE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS STRAIN;

BASE SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; BRAZIL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENV GENE PRODUCTS, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MARKOV CHAINS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POL GENE PRODUCTS, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 71949087999     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2009.0106     Document Type: Article

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