Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) Subtype B Epidemic in Panama Is Mainly Driven by Dissemination of Country-Specific Clades

Yaxelis Mendoza; Alexander A. Martínez; Juan Castillo Mewa; Claudia González; Claudia García-Morales; Santiago Avila-Ríos; Gustavo Reyes-Terán; Blas Armién; Juan M. Pascale; Gonzalo Bello

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0095360

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Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) Subtype B Epidemic in Panama Is Mainly Driven by Dissemination of Country-Specific Clades

Yaxelis Mendoza,

Affiliations Department of Genomics and Proteomics, Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies, Panama City, Panama, Department of Biotechnology, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur City, Andhra Pradesh, India, Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of Panama, Panama City, Panama, INDICASAT-AIP, City of Knowledge, Clayton, Panama City, Panama
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Alexander A. Martínez,

Affiliations Department of Genomics and Proteomics, Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies, Panama City, Panama, Department of Biotechnology, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur City, Andhra Pradesh, India, INDICASAT-AIP, City of Knowledge, Clayton, Panama City, Panama
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Juan Castillo Mewa,

Affiliation Department of Genomics and Proteomics, Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies, Panama City, Panama
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Claudia González,

Affiliation Department of Genomics and Proteomics, Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies, Panama City, Panama
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Claudia García-Morales,

Affiliation Centro de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Mexico City, Mexico
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Santiago Avila-Ríos,

Affiliation Centro de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Mexico City, Mexico
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Gustavo Reyes-Terán,

Affiliation Centro de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Mexico City, Mexico
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Blas Armién,

Affiliation Department of Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies, Panama City, Panama
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Juan M. Pascale,

Affiliation Department of Genomics and Proteomics, Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies, Panama City, Panama
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Gonzalo Bello

* E-mail: gbellobr@gmail.com

Affiliation Laboratório de AIDS e Imunologia Molecular, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) Subtype B Epidemic in Panama Is Mainly Driven by Dissemination of Country-Specific Clades

Yaxelis Mendoza,
Alexander A. Martínez,
Juan Castillo Mewa,
Claudia González,
Claudia García-Morales,
Santiago Avila-Ríos,
Gustavo Reyes-Terán,
Blas Armién,
Juan M. Pascale,
Gonzalo Bello

Published: April 18, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0095360

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