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Or is there documented evidence of even one homozygous carrier contracting HIV and staying infected?

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I would say no. Some HIV strains are X4-tropic and not R5 tropic. That means that the virus uses the CXCR4 coreceptor and not the CCR5 coreceptor for entry into the CD4-positive cell.

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