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Advances in Virology
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 878237, 7 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/878237
Research Article

Transmitted Drug Resistance among People Living with HIV/Aids at Major Cities of Sao Paulo State, Brazil

Joao Leandro Paula Ferreira,1 Rosangela Rodrigues,1 Andre Minhoto Lança,1 Valeria Correia de Almeida,2 Simone Queiroz Rocha,3 Taisa Grotta Ragazzo,2 Denise Lotufo Estevam,3 and Luis Fernando de Macedo Brigido1

1Laboratório de Retrovírus, Centro de Virologia, Instituto Adolfo Lutz, Avenue Dr. Arnaldo 355, 01246-902 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2Centro de Referência em DST/Aids, 13013-051 Campinas, SP, Brazil
3Centro de Referência e Treinamento em DST/Aids, 04121-000 São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Received 21 November 2012; Accepted 18 December 2012

Academic Editor: Michael Bukrinsky

Copyright © 2013 Joao Leandro Paula Ferreira et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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