Drivers of HIV-1 transmission: The Portuguese case

Authors: Pineda-Peña AC, Pingarilho M, Li G, Vrancken B, Libin P, Gomes P, Camacho RJ, Theys K, Abecasis AB, Portuguese Hiv-1 Resistance Study Group
Publication Year: 2019
Journal: PLoS One
Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31568476

BACKGROUND: Portugal has one of the most severe HIV-1 epidemics in Western Europe. Two subtypes circulate in parallel since the beginning of the epidemic. Comparing their transmission patterns and its association with transmitted drug resistance (TDR) is important to pinpoint transmission hotspots and to develop evidence-based treatment guidelines. METHODS: Demographic, clinical and genomic data were […]
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Molecular Epidemiological Analysis of Paired pol/env Sequences from Portuguese HIV Type 1 Patients

Authors: Abecasis AB, Camacho RJ, Carvalho AP, Costa I, Diogo I, Gomes P, Martins A, Portuguese Hiv-1 Resistance Study Group
Journal: AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses
Link: https://apps.webofknowledge.com/full_record.do?product=UA&search_mode=GeneralSearch&qid=5&SID=P2WA5hwy5j35Sqjoq2z&page=1&doc=1

The advent of new therapeutic approaches targeting env and the search for efficient anti-HIV-1 vaccines make it necessary to identify the number of recombinant forms using genomic regions that were previously not frequently sequenced.
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Drivers of HIV-1 transmission: The Portuguese case

Molecular Epidemiological Analysis of Paired pol/env Sequences from Portuguese HIV Type 1 Patients

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