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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Infect Genet Evol. 2016 Jun 7;46:256–268. doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2016.06.017

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Distribution of HIV-1 variants among people who inject drugs (PWID) in Asia.

Note: Deep purple highlights countries that include hotspots of genetic recombination between HIV-1 strains. Major areas of opium production include the Golden Crescent defined by peripheries of mountains in Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan and the Golden Triangle that spans Myanmar (Burma), Laos, Vietnam, and Thailand.