Dietrich U, Maniar J K, Rübsamen-Waigmann H
Georg-Speyer-Haus, Frankfurt, Germany.
Trends Microbiol. 1995 Jan;3(1):17-21. doi: 10.1016/s0966-842x(00)88863-0.
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.
