Prevalence, incidence density, and genotype distribution of GB virus C infection in a cohort of recently HIV-1-infected subjects in Sao Paulo, Brazil

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Giret, Maria Teresa M ^a   Miraglia, João Luiz ^a   Sucupira, Maria Cecília Araripe ^b   Nishiya, Anna ^c   Levi, José Eduardo ^a   Diaz, Ricardo S ^b   Sabino, Ester C ^c   Kallas, Esper G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Eye Bank of Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; GLYCOPROTEIN E2 ANTIBODY; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS G; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MORBIDITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIRUS CLASSIFICATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

GB VIRUS C; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BRAZIL; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; COHORT STUDIES; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRAL LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953699986     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018407     Document Type: Article

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