| molecular epidemiology of hiv-1 in santa catarina state confirms increases of subtype c in southern brazil. | recent studies have demonstrated an increased prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (hiv-1) subtype c in southern brazil. although santa catarina state (sc) is located in this area and presents one of the country's highest incidences of hiv/aids, knowledge on the molecular epidemiology of hiv-1 in such state is lacking. the aim of this study was to investigate the hiv-1 molecular diversity and epidemiological profile of hiv-1-infected patients from sc. dna samples were pcr amplified ... | 2007 | 17705166 |