Open AccessMolecular Epidemiology of HIV-1 Infection in a Small Brazilian County
Author(s) -
Walter de Araújo Eyer-Silva,
Mariza G. Morgado
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/01.qai.0000194736.66322.02
Subject(s) - polyphyly , transmission (telecommunications) , molecular epidemiology , sexual transmission , biology , virology , epidemiology , coinfection , demography , polymerase chain reaction , incidence (geometry) , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , genetics , medicine , phylogenetics , clade , genotype , gene , pathology , microbicide , physics , optics , sociology , electrical engineering , engineering
The AIDS epidemic in Brazil is spreading from the large urban centers to small counties and the innermost parts of the country; however, data on the features of HIV-1 infection in these places are scarce. To study the routes of HIV-1 spread and assess the existence of transmission networks in such a setting, we performed a genetic analysis of viral sequences from the small county of Miracema, Rio de Janeiro State.