Cláudia Fontoura Dias

TL;DR: HIV-1 B is predominant in Brazil, but HIV-1 C has increasingly been reported in the south of the country, however, many samples clustering with clade C are actually a recombinant, with a small B segment at RT (CRF31).

TL;DR: In this article, partial polymerase sequences from HIV RNA made it possible to determine HIV clades and recombination patterns and to identify primary drug resistance mutations (DRMs), and the incidence was estimated with a BED assay.

TL;DR: The data suggest an established epidemic of the three major variants, without any evidence of partitioning in either of the subgroups analyzed, however, anal sex practices were associated with subtype B, which could indicate a greater transmissibility of non-B variants by vaginal intercourse.

TL;DR: No significant differences were found between subtypes; however, lower viral load and higher CD4+ T cell count before therapy were associated with better response to antiretroviral therapy.

TL;DR: In the Xpert arm, there was a significant reduction in days to the start of appropriate anti-TB treatment and a trend towards greater culture conversion in the sixth month.