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HIV-2 Infection in Europe, Epidemiology of

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The incidence of HIV-2 infection shows signs of decline in the endemic regions of West Central Africa, while HIV-1 infection continues its pandemic global spread (Silva et al. 2008).

The HIV-2 epidemic remains largely confined to West Africa, where it peaked in prevalence in the 1970s and 1980s, with an epicenter in and around Guinea Bissau (Fig. 1).

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HIV-2 infection prevalence in West Africa: Pink areas: HIV-2 predominant; Blue areas: HIV-2 and HIV-1 in the same proportion; Yellow areas: HIV-2 less frequent (Caroline D et al. Science et vie 1992;179:38–41)

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    Ana Cláudia Miranda & Kamal Mansinho

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  1. Dept. Cell & Molecular Biology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA

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  2. University of California, San Diego Dept. Pathology, La Jolla, California, USA

    Douglas Richman

  3. Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA

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  1. MRC Human Immunology Unit, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford; John Radcliffe Hospital, OX3 9DS, Oxford, UK

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  2. Infectious Diseases, University of Oxford, NDM Research Building, Old Road Campus, Roosevelt Drive, OX3 7FZ, Oxford, UK

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Miranda, A.C., Mansinho, K. (2016). HIV-2 Infection in Europe, Epidemiology of. In: Hope, T., Richman, D., Stevenson, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of AIDS. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9610-6_42-1

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