[HTML][HTML] The role of recombination in the emergence of a complex and dynamic HIV epidemic

M Zhang, B Foley, AK Schultz, JP Macke, I Bulla… - Retrovirology, 2010 - Springer
Background Inter-subtype recombinants dominate the HIV epidemics in three geographical
regions. To better understand the role of HIV recombinants in shaping the current HIV …

[HTML][HTML] Phylodynamics of HIV-1 circulating recombinant forms 12_BF and 38_BF in Argentina and Uruguay

G Bello, PC Aulicino, D Ruchansky, ML Guimarães… - Retrovirology, 2010 - Springer
Abstract Background Although HIV-1 CRF12_BF and CRF38_BF are two epidemiologically
important recombinant lineages circulating in Argentina and Uruguay, little is known about …

[HTML][HTML] Close phylogenetic relationship between Angolan and Romanian HIV-1 subtype F1 isolates

ML Guimarães, ACP Vicente, K Otsuki, RFFC da Silva… - Retrovirology, 2009 - Springer
Background Here, we investigated the phylogenetic relationships of the HIV-1 subtype F1
circulating in Angola with subtype F1 strains sampled worldwide and reconstructed the …

Magnitude, breadth, and functional profile of T-cell responses during human immunodeficiency virus primary infection with B and BF viral variants

G Turk, MM Gherardi, N Laufer, M Saracco… - Journal of …, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
The molecular pattern of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic in Argentina
provides an appropriate scenario to study cellular immune responses in patients with non …

HIV type 1 genetic diversity surveillance among newly diagnosed individuals from 2003 to 2005 in Buenos Aires, Argentina

DA Dilernia, AM Gomez, L Lourtau… - AIDS research and …, 2007 - liebertpub.com
To perform a diversity surveillance study we characterized viral subtypes among newly
diagnosed individuals in Buenos Aires city. Plasma samples were collected from 322 drug …

[HTML][HTML] IL-12 and GM-CSF in DNA/MVA immunizations against HIV-1 CRF12_BF Nef induced T-cell responses with an enhanced magnitude, breadth and quality

AM Rodríguez, MF Pascutti, C Maeto, J Falivene… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
In Argentina, the HIV epidemic is characterized by the co-circulation of subtype B and BF
recombinant viral variants. Nef is an HIV protein highly variable among subtypes, making it a …

[HTML][HTML] Longitudinal analysis of HIV-1 BF1 recombinant strains in vertically infected children from Argentina reveals a decrease in CRF12_BF pol gene mosaic …

PC Aulicino, G Bello, ML Guimaraes… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2011 - Elsevier
The HIV-1 epidemic associated to BF1 recombinants in South America is both complex and
intriguing, with an underestimated diversity of recombinant structures. Our aim was to …

On the origin of HIV-1 subtype C in South America

R Fontella, MA Soares, CG Schrago - Aids, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Our aim was to investigate the monophyletic status of the HIV-1C that circulates in
South America and its phylogenetic relationships with other HIV-1C populations around the …

The NICHD International Site Development Initiative perinatal cohorts (2002–09)

JS Read, G Duarte, LF Hance, J Pinto… - International journal …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Efficacious and feasible interventions to prevent transmission of human immunodeficiency
virus type 1 (HIV) from mother to child have been developed and implemented. As a result …

Analysis of HIV type 1 BF recombinant sequences from South America dates the origin of CRF12_BF to a recombination event in the 1970s

DA Dilernia, LR Jones, MA Pando… - AIDS research and …, 2011 - liebertpub.com
HIV-1 epidemics in South America are believed to have originated in part from the subtype B
epidemic initiated in the Caribbean/North America region. However, circulation of BF …