Article
Evidence of at least two introductions of HIV-1 in the Amerindian Warao population from Venezuela
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RANGEL, Héctor R. et al. Evidence of at Least Two Introductions of HIV-1 in the Amerindian Warao Population from Venezuela. Plos One, v.7, n.7, e40626, 7p, July 2012.
1932-6203
10.1371/journal.pone.0040626
Autor
Rangel, Héctor R.
Maes, Mailis
Villalba, Julian
Sulbarán, Yoneira
de Waard, Jacobus H.
Bello, Gonzalo
Pujol, Flor H.
Resumen
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.