HIV Prevalence in a Gold Mining Camp in the Amazon Region, Guyana

The prevalence of HIV infection among men in a gold mining camp in the Amazon region of Guyana was 6.5%. This high percentage of HIV infection provides a reservoir for the virus in this region, warranting immediate public health intervention to curb its spread. As malaria is endemic in the Amazon Ba...

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Autores principales: Palmer, Carol J., Validum, Lloyd, Loeffke, Bernard, Laubach, Harold E., Mitchell, Chris, Cummings, Rudy, Cuadrado, Raul R.
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2732461/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11927035
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0803.010261
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author Palmer, Carol J.
Validum, Lloyd
Loeffke, Bernard
Laubach, Harold E.
Mitchell, Chris
Cummings, Rudy
Cuadrado, Raul R.
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Loeffke, Bernard
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description The prevalence of HIV infection among men in a gold mining camp in the Amazon region of Guyana was 6.5%. This high percentage of HIV infection provides a reservoir for the virus in this region, warranting immediate public health intervention to curb its spread. As malaria is endemic in the Amazon Basin (>30,000 cases/year), the impact of coinfection may be substantial.
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spelling pubmed-27324612009-09-16 HIV Prevalence in a Gold Mining Camp in the Amazon Region, Guyana Palmer, Carol J. Validum, Lloyd Loeffke, Bernard Laubach, Harold E. Mitchell, Chris Cummings, Rudy Cuadrado, Raul R. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch The prevalence of HIV infection among men in a gold mining camp in the Amazon region of Guyana was 6.5%. This high percentage of HIV infection provides a reservoir for the virus in this region, warranting immediate public health intervention to curb its spread. As malaria is endemic in the Amazon Basin (>30,000 cases/year), the impact of coinfection may be substantial. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002-03 /pmc/articles/PMC2732461/ /pubmed/11927035 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0803.010261 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Dispatch
Palmer, Carol J.
Validum, Lloyd
Loeffke, Bernard
Laubach, Harold E.
Mitchell, Chris
Cummings, Rudy
Cuadrado, Raul R.
HIV Prevalence in a Gold Mining Camp in the Amazon Region, Guyana
title HIV Prevalence in a Gold Mining Camp in the Amazon Region, Guyana
title_full HIV Prevalence in a Gold Mining Camp in the Amazon Region, Guyana
title_fullStr HIV Prevalence in a Gold Mining Camp in the Amazon Region, Guyana
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title_short HIV Prevalence in a Gold Mining Camp in the Amazon Region, Guyana
title_sort hiv prevalence in a gold mining camp in the amazon region, guyana
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2732461/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11927035
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0803.010261
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