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Design, implementation, and evaluation at entry of a prospective cohort study of homosexual and bisexual HIV-1-negative men in Belo Horizonte, Brazil: Project Horizonte

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Initial results from Project Horizonte, Brazil, show that it is possible to recruit gay and bisexual men for a long-term study of HIV infection. Of the 470 men enrolled, only 139 were lost to follow-up over a three-year period. Eighteen became HIV-positive during the study.

Author: Carneiro, Mariangela, Mauricio de Figueiredo Antunes, Carlos, Greco, Marilia, Oliveira, Edson, Andrade, Julio, Lignani, Luiz, Jr., Greco, Dirceu Bartolomeu
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, WK Health
Publication Name: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1525-4135
Year: 2000

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HIV-1 subtyping in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil: a city with African sociodemographic characteristics

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In Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, most people infected with HIV are infected with suptype B. In a study of 134 HIV patients, this was true of those infected via sexual intercourse and those infected via intravenous drug abuse.

Author: Bongertz, V., Couto-Fernandez, J.C., Galvao-Castro, B., Morgado, M.G., Tanuri, A., Andrade, T., Brites, C.
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, WK Health
Publication Name: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1525-4135
Year: 1999

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HIV-1 diversity in Brazil: genetic, biologic, and immunologic characterization of HIV-1 strains in three potential HIV vaccine evaluation sites

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Brazilian researchers report three HIV-1 subtypes in Brazil. Tests conducted on 35 blood samples collected from three HIV vaccine sites showed that 83% were subtype B, 14% were subtype F, and 3% were subtype C.

Author: Bongertz, V., Bou-Habib, D.C., Brigido, L.F.M., Caseiro, M., Chequer, P.J.N., Couto-Fernandez, J.C., Ferreira, P.C., Galvao-Castro, B., Greco, D., Guimaraes, M.L., Linhares de Carvalho, M.I., Morgado, M.G., Oliveira, C.A.F., Osmanov, S., Ramos, C.A., Rossini, M., Sabino, E., Tanuri, A., Ueda, M.
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, WK Health
Publication Name: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1525-4135
Year: 2000
Statistical Data Included, HIV (Viruses), HIV, Genetic aspects

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Subjects list: HIV infection, HIV infections, Brazil, Health aspects
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