Evidence of at least two introductions of HIV-1 in the Amerindian Warao population from Venezuela.

<h4>Background</h4>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 Orin...

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Main Authors: Héctor R Rangel, Mailis Maes, Julian Villalba, Yoneira Sulbarán, Jacobus H de Waard, Gonzalo Bello, Flor H Pujol
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22808212/?tool=EBI