| the hiv epidemic in the amazon basin is driven by prototypic and recombinant hiv-1 subtypes b and f. | this paper describes genetic subtypes of hiv-1 found in blood samples from 31 hiv-1-infected people who visited the counseling and testing aids center of instituto de medicina tropical in manaus, brazil. manaus, the main city in brazil's amazon basin, is also the closest urban connection for more than 100,000 indians living in the rain forests of this region. although to date there is no evidence of increased incidence of hiv-1 infection among the indigenous population, our understanding of both ... | 2000 | 10836755 |
| lack of evidence for human infection with xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus in the brazilian amazon basin. | this study confirmed the absence of natural infection with xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus (xmrv) or xmrv-related disease in human populations of the brazilian amazon basin. we demonstrated that 803 individuals of both sexes, who were residents of belem in the brazilian state of pará, were not infected with xmrv. | 2014 | 25075480 |
| distribution of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 subtypes in the state of amazonas, brazil, and subtype c identification. | few studies have reported the molecular epidemiological characterization of hiv-1 in the northern region of brazil. the present study reports the molecular and epidemiological characterization of 31 hiv-1 isolates from blood donors from the state of amazonas who donated blood between april 2006 and march 2007. serum/plasma samples from all donors were screened for hiv antibodies by elisa and the results confirmed by western blot analysis. genomic dna was extracted from the buffy coat using the s ... | 2012 | 22249428 |