Deep Sequencing of HIV-1 near Full-Length Proviral Genomes Identifies High Rates of BF1 Recombinants Including Two Novel Circulating Recombinant Forms (CRF) 70_BF1 and a Disseminating 71_BF1 among Blood Donors in Pernambuco, Brazil

• Rodrigo Pessôa,

  Affiliation Virology Department, São Paulo Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Jaqueline Tomoko Watanabe,

  Affiliation Virology Department, São Paulo Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Paula Calabria,

  Affiliation Virology Department, São Paulo Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Alvina Clara Felix,

  Affiliation Virology Department, São Paulo Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Paula Loureiro,

  Affiliation Pernambuco State Center of Hematology and Hemotherapy, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

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• Ester C. Sabino,

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease/Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Michael P. Busch,

  Affiliation Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Sabri S. Sanabani ,

  * E-mail: sabyem_63@yahoo.com

  Affiliation Clinical Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Hospital das Clínicas, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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• for the International Component of the NHLBI Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study-III (REDS-III)

  ¶Those responsible for the Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Outcomes Study-III are listed in the acknowledgments.

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