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Genetic characterization of diverse HIV-1 strains in an immigrant population living in New York City.
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) - 1 Apr 2006
Lin Hsi-Hsun, Gaschen Brian K, Collie Mary, El-Fishaway Mona, Chen Zhiwei, Korber Bette T, Beatrice Sally T, Zhang Linqi
Abstract excerpt
New York City (NYC) is one of the original foci of the HIV-1 epidemic and has a greater number of AIDS cases than any other city in the United States. NYC also hosts the highest number of immigrants among the nation's cities: more than 2 million among a total population of 8 million. Such a high rate of immigration could act as a potential source for introducing and disseminating novel HIV-1 strains into the...
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