TY - JOUR AU - Palmer, Carol J. AU - Validum, Lloyd AU - Loeffke, Bernard AU - Laubach, Harold E. AU - Mitchell, Chris AU - Cummings, Rudy AU - Cuadrado, Raul R. T1 - HIV Prevalence in a Gold Mining Camp in the Amazon Region, Guyana T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2002 VL - 8 IS - 3 SP - 330 SN - 1080-6059 AB - 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. KW - HIV KW - Amazon KW - Guyana KW - South America KW - indigenous peoples KW - gold mining KW - malaria KW - coinfection DO - 10.3201/eid0803.010261 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/8/3/01-0261_article ER - End of Reference