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Evidence of at Least Two Introductions of HIV-1 in the Amerindian Warao Population from Venezuela
12 Jul 2012
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The Venezuelan Amerindians were, until recently, free of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. However, in 2007, HIV-1 infection was detected for the first time in the Warao Amerindian population living in the Eastern part of Venezuela, in the delta of the Orinoco river. The aim of this study was to analyze the genetic diversity of the HIV-1 circulating in this population....
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