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Frequency of human immunodeficiency virus type-2 in hiv infected patients in Maputo City, Mozambique

Maueia, Cremildo; Costa, Deise; Meggi, Bindiya; Ismael, Nalia; Walle, Carla; Curvo, Raphael; Abreu, Celina; Bhatt, Nilesh; Tanuri, Amilcar; Jani, Ilesh V; Ferreira, Orlando C.

Virol. j; 8 (408), 2011

The HIV/AIDS pandemic is primarily caused by HIV-1. Another virus type, HIV-2, is found mainly in West African countries. We hypothesized that population migration and mobility in Africa may have facilitated the introduction and spreading of HIV-2 in Mozambique. The presence of HIV-2 has important implic...

Cross-Sectional Studies, HIV Envelope Protein gp41, HIV Antibodies, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, HIV Infections, HIV-2, Immunoblotting, Incidence, Mozambique, Phylogeography, Population Surveillance, Viral Load

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Impact of elevated maternal HIV viral load at delivery on T-cell populations in HIV exposed uninfected infants in Mozambique

Deus, Nilsa de; Moraleda, Cinta; Serna-Bolea, Celia; Renom, Montse; Menendez, Clara; Naniche, Denise.

: HIV-uninfected infants born to HIV-infected mothers (HIV-exposed uninfected, HEU) have been described to have immune alterations as compared to unexposed infants. This study sought to characterize T-cell populations after birth in HEU infants and unexposed infants living in a semirural area in southern...

Viral Load, DNA, HIV, Hospitals, District, T-Lymphocytes, Women, World Health Organization, Population, Risk, Health, Viruses

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