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HIV-1 EPIDEMIC IN WARAO AMERINDIANS FROM VENEZUELA: SPATIAL PHYLODYNAMICS AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PATTERNS
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Dirección Regional de Salud Estado Delta Amacuro. Tucupita, Venezuela / Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute. Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Aids e Imunologia Molecular. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas. Instituto de Biomedicina. Laboratório de Tuberculosis. Caracas, Venezuela.
Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas. Laboratório de Virologia Molecular. Caracas. Venezuela.
Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas. Laboratório de Virologia Molecular. Caracas. Venezuela.
Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas. Laboratório de Virologia Molecular. Caracas. Venezuela.
Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas. Laboratório de Virologia Molecular. Caracas. Venezuela.
Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas. Instituto de Biomedicina. Laboratório de Tuberculosis. Caracas, Venezuela.
Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas. Laboratório de Virologia Molecular. Caracas. Venezuela.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Aids e Imunologia Molecular. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas. Instituto de Biomedicina. Laboratório de Tuberculosis. Caracas, Venezuela.
Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas. Laboratório de Virologia Molecular. Caracas. Venezuela.
Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas. Laboratório de Virologia Molecular. Caracas. Venezuela.
Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas. Laboratório de Virologia Molecular. Caracas. Venezuela.
Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas. Laboratório de Virologia Molecular. Caracas. Venezuela.
Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas. Instituto de Biomedicina. Laboratório de Tuberculosis. Caracas, Venezuela.
Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas. Laboratório de Virologia Molecular. Caracas. Venezuela.
Abstract
Objectives: We previously reported HIV-1 infection in Warao Amerindians from
Venezuela. The aim of this study was to evaluate the extent and the dynamic of
HIV-1 dissemination in eight Warao communities.
Design and Setting: HIV-1 infection was evaluated in 576 Warao Amerindians from
the Orinoco Delta. Partial HIV-1 pol sequences were analyzed to reconstruct the
spatiotemporal and demographic dynamics of the epidemic.
Results: HIV-1 antibodies were present in 9.55% of Warao Amerindians, ranging from
0 to 22%. A significantly higher prevalence was found in men (15.6%) compared with
women (2.6%), reaching up to 35% in men from one community. All but one isolates
were classified as subtype B. Warao’s HIV-1 subtype-B epidemic resulted from a single
viral introduction at around the early 2000s. After an initial phase of slow growth, the
subtype B started to spread at a fast rate (0.8/year) following two major routes of
migration within the communities.
Conclusion: A dramatic high prevalence was documented in almost all the communities
of Warao Amerindians from the Orinoco Delta tested for HIV-1 infection. This
epidemic resulted from the dissemination of a single HIV-1 subtype B founder strain
introduced about 10 years ago and its size is probably doubling every year, creating a
situation that can be devastating for this vulnerable Amerindian group.
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