Serological and molecular typing of HIV type 1 infection in the Tiriyo tribe, a native Indian community of the Amazon region of Brazil

AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2006 Dec;22(12):1267-70. doi: 10.1089/aid.2006.22.1267.

Abstract

The seroprevalence and the occurrence of an HIV-1 subtype was assessed in blood samples of the Tiriyo tribe. Antibody was found in 0.6% and the molecular analysis of the pro region detected the emergence of a subtype B for the first time in a native Indian tribe of the Amazon region of Brazil.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brazil / epidemiology
  • Brazil / ethnology
  • HIV Infections / epidemiology*
  • HIV Infections / ethnology
  • HIV Infections / genetics
  • HIV Seroprevalence*
  • HIV-1 / classification
  • HIV-1 / genetics*
  • Humans
  • Indians, South American*
  • Male
  • Molecular Sequence Data

Associated data

  • GENBANK/DQ002467