Molecular characteristics of HIV type 1 circulating in São Paulo, Brazil

• Published in: AIDS research and human retroviruses Vol. 21; no. 7; p. 673
• Main Authors: Brígido, Luis F M, Franco, Heitor M, Custódio, Renata M, Oliveira, Carmen A F, P Ferreira, João Leandro, Eira, Margareth, Bergel, Fernando, Araújo, Fabio, Carvalheiro, Jose R, Rodrigues, Rosangela
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.07.2005
• Subjects: Amino Acid Sequence; Base Sequence; Brazil; DNA Primers; Female; Gene Products, env - genetics; Gene Products, gag - genetics; Gene Products, pol - genetics; HIV Infections - virology; HIV-1 - classification; Humans; Male; Molecular Sequence Data; Phylogeny; Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; Brazil

Partial sequences of HIV-1 polymerase from 185 patients, 141 ARV experienced and 44 naive, of gag (p24) and env (C2V3) from a subset of naive cases were evaluated in São Paulo, Brazil. Antiretroviral resistance mutations were detected in 4% of 26 recently (<2 years) infected patients. Polymorphis...