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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz
ISSN: 1678-8060 EISSN: 1678-8060
Vol. 98, No. 4, 2003, pp. 461-464
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Bioline Code: oc03101
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
Document available free of charge
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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Vol. 98, No. 4, 2003, pp. 461-464
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Molecular Epidemiology of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 in the State of Ceará, Northeast, Brazil
Sandra Rocha Gadelha; Nice Shindo; José Napoleão Monte Cruz; Mariza Gonçalves Morgado & Bernardo Galvão-Castro
Abstract
We analyzed, by env and gag heteroduplex mobility assay, 149 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) positive samples collected in Ceará during the year 2000. The prevalence of subtype B was 81.2% and the prevalence of subtype F and B/F recombinants were both 2.7%. Eight (5.4%) and 12 (8%) out of 149 samples showed indeterminate results in the env and gag analysis respectively. By FokI restriction fragment length polymorphism, 34% of the subtype B samples were identified as the typical Brazilian subtype B. In the present study, we identified HIV-1 subtype F and B/F in Ceará for the first time. Our results contribute to the understanding of HIV in Brazil, and may prove useful for the development of vaccine candidates.
Keywords
human immunodeficiency virus - molecular epidemiology - Ceará - Brazil
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