HIV genotyping among female sex workers in the State of Santa Catarina Genotipagem do HIV em mulheres profissionais do sexo no Estado de Santa Catarina

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Fabiana Schuelter-Trevisol, Marcos Vinicius da Silva, Cristina M. Oliveira, Rosângela Rodrigues
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2007
• Subjects: HIV; Profissionais do sexo; Subtipo C; Brasil; Sex workers; Subtype C; Brazil; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Entrada
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822007000300001; https://doaj.org/article/ad9eb04e2f9448d6a02dc835ded95486

The objective of this study was to investigate the frequency of HIV infection among female sex workers in the port area of Imbituba (State of Santa Catarina), and to identify the viral subtype and its susceptibility to antiretroviral medications. Ninety women were interviewed between December 2003 a...