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Rare HIV-1 strains more prevalent in U.S.
AIDS alert - 1 Sept 1996
Abstract excerpt
Rare HIV-1 strains are becoming more prevalent in the United States. Eight patients from the Bronx were identified as having HIV-1 genotypes not previously seen in the U.S. The patients lived in a community with one of the highest prevalence rates in the country, and where injection drug use and high-risk heterosexual behavior is rampant. The study found no evidence of HIV-2 or the rare group O strain that...
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