The increasing prevalence of HIV-1 subtype C in Southern Brazil and its dispersion through the continent

Virology

Volumn 435, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 170-178

  Gräf, Tiago ^a   Pinto, Aguinaldo R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; HIV; Molecular epidemiology; South America; Subtype C

Indexed keywords

ABACAVIR; DIDANOSINE; NONNUCLEOSIDE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE INHIBITOR; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR; TENOFOVIR;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTIVIRAL RESISTANCE; BRAZIL; CLADISTICS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISPERSION; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MIXED INFECTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AMERICA; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TYPING;

BRAZIL; EPIDEMICS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AMERICA;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 84870765716     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: 10960341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2012.08.048     Document Type: Review

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