Increasing heterosexual transmission of HIV-1 subtype C in Inland Central Western Brazil

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 396-404

  Alcântara, Keila Correia ^a   Reis, Monica Nogueira Guarda ^a   Cardoso, Ludimila Paula Vaz ^a   Bello, Gonzalo ^b   Stefani, Mariane Martins Araújo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Heterosexual transmission; HIV 1 subtype C; Pregnant women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BRAZIL; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLADISTICS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 SUBTYPE C; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOSAICISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; RUBELLA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; STRUCTURAL GENE; SYPHILIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POL GENE PRODUCTS, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873126119     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.23474     Document Type: Article

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