The epidemiology of HIV in India

India is the first country outside Africa where an HIV-2 epidemic is running in parallel to an HIV-1 epidemic, resulting in a significant proportion of double infections. HIV is spreading rapidly, mainly by heterosexual contact, but also among intravenous drug users. Genetic analyses of the HIV vari...

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Published in:Trends in Microbiology 1995, Vol.3 (1), p.17-21
Main Authors: Dletrich, Ursula, Maniar, Janak K., Rübsamen-Waigmann, Helga
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
AIDS/HIV
Child
Disease Outbreaks
Female
Genes, Viral - genetics
HIV Infections - complications
HIV Infections - epidemiology
HIV Infections - transmission
HIV Infections - virology
HIV-1 - genetics
HIV-2 - genetics
human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
India - epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
Population
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Summary:India is the first country outside Africa where an HIV-2 epidemic is running in parallel to an HIV-1 epidemic, resulting in a significant proportion of double infections. HIV is spreading rapidly, mainly by heterosexual contact, but also among intravenous drug users. Genetic analyses of the HIV variants circulating in India point towards HIV-1 and HIV-2 having been introduced into the country recently.
ISSN:0966-842X
1878-4380
DOI:10.1016/S0966-842X(00)88863-0