Potential overestimation of HIV-1 sub-subtype F1 circulation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

In Brazil, detection of the HIV-1 sub-subtype F1 has decreased with a simultaneous increase in detection of the recombinant FB and FC forms. In previous HIV-1 env molecular epidemiology studies in Rio de Janeiro, 11.4% of the detected sequences were of the F1 sub-subtype. With the goal of re-estimat...

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Main Authors: Bianca Cristina Leires Marques, Mariza Gonçalves Morgado, Monick Lindenmeyer Guimarães
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2018-06-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762018000800402&lng=en&tlng=en