HIV-1 epidemiology and circulating subtypes in the countryside of South Brazil

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 249-257

  Librelotto, Carina Sperotto ^a   Gräf, Tiago ^b,c   Simon, Daniel ^a   de Almeida, Sabrina Esteves Matos ^c   Lunge, Vagner Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE LUTERANA DO BRASIL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

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

Author keywords

Epidemiology; HIV 1; South Brazil; Subtypes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAZIL; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS TYPE 1 SUBTYPE B; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS TYPE 1 SUBTYPE C; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; CLASSIFICATION; ENVELOPE GENE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HIV INFECTIONS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RISK FACTOR; STRUCTURAL GENE; VIROLOGY;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

ADULT; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENES, ENV; GENES, GAG; GENOTYPE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84933041206     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/0037-8682-0083-2015     Document Type: Article

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