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Gene Variant Said to Increase HIV Transmission in People of African Descent

According to a study in the medical journal Cell Host and Microbe, a gene variant, found in 60 percent of American Blacks and 90 percent of Africans, increases vulnerability to HIV infection by 40 percent.

-Excerpt taken from the October, 2008 issue of Essence magazine.

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