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Chances Of Getting Hiv From Needlestick With Increased Risk
(Ivanhoe Newswire) Your genetics may increase your chances of having human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1).
New research shows a variant of a gene found only in people of African ancestry increases the odds of becoming infected with HIV. However, the same variant also seems to keep the disease from progressing, allowing patients who carry it to live about two years longer.
"It's well-known that individuals vary in their susceptibility to HIV and that after infection occurs, the disease...
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