The origin and molecular epidemiology of HIV

M Peeters, M Jung, A Ayouba - Expert review of anti-infective …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
HIV-1 in humans resulted from at least four cross-species transmissions of simian
immunodeficiency viruses (SIVs) from chimpanzees and gorillas in West Central Africa …

[HTML][HTML] The increasing prevalence of HIV-1 subtype C in Southern Brazil and its dispersion through the continent

T Gräf, AR Pinto - Virology, 2013 - Elsevier
The HIV-1 has evolved swiftly and the scenario of HIV-1 genetic diversity is constantly
changing. In South America, recombinant forms of subtypes B, F1, and BF1 have historically …

The genomics of emerging pathogens

C Firth, WI Lipkin - Annual review of genomics and human …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Globalization and industrialization have dramatically altered the vulnerability of human and
animal populations to emerging and reemerging infectious diseases while shifting both the …

Estimating HIV-1 genetic diversity in Brazil through next-generation sequencing

BM Alves, JD Siqueira, IM Prellwitz… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Approximately 36.7 million people were living with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
at the end of 2016 according to UNAIDS, representing a global prevalence rate of 0.8%. In …

Contribution of epidemiological predictors in unraveling the phylogeographic history of HIV-1 subtype C in Brazil

T Gräf, B Vrancken, D Maletich Junqueira… - Journal of …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
The phylogeographic history of the Brazilian HIV-1 subtype C (HIV-1C) epidemic is still
unclear. Previous studies have mainly focused on the capital cities of Brazilian federal …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of HIV-1 drug resistance among patients failing first-line antiretroviral therapy in Ethiopia

Y Getaneh, Q He, A Rashid, D Kassa, F Yi… - Journal of Global …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objectives The aim of this study was to evaluate HIV-1 drug resistance among patients
failing first-line antiretroviral therapy in Ethiopia. Methods A total of 699 adults infected with …

Origin, imports and exports of HIV-1 subtype C in South Africa: A historical perspective

E Wilkinson, D Rasmussen, O Ratmann… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background While the HIV epidemic in South Africa had a later onset than epidemics in
other southern African countries, prevalence grew rapidly during the 1990′ s when the …

Comprehensive characterization of HIV-1 molecular epidemiology and demographic history in the Brazilian region most heavily affected by AIDS

T Gräf, H Machado Fritsch, RM de Medeiros… - Journal of …, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
The high incidence of AIDS cases and the dominance of HIV-1 subtype C infections are two
features that distinguish the HIV-1 epidemic in the two southernmost Brazilian states (Rio …

Tracing the origin and northward dissemination dynamics of HIV-1 subtype C in Brazil

E Delatorre, JC Couto-Fernandez, ML Guimarães… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Previous studies indicate that the HIV-1 subtype C epidemic in southern Brazil was initiated
by the introduction of a single founder strain probably originating from east Africa. However …

Phylogenetic analysis provides evidence of interactions between Italian heterosexual and South American homosexual males as the main source of national HIV‐1 …

A Lai, G Bozzi, M Franzetti, F Binda… - Journal of medical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The HIV‐1 clade C is prevalent worldwide and spread from Africa to South East Asia and
South America early in the course of the epidemic. As a consequence of migration waves …