Using molecular transmission networks to understand the epidemic characteristics of HIV-1 CRF08_BC across China
Kang Li, Meiliang Liu, Huanhuan Chen, Jianjun Li, Yanling Liang, Yi Feng, Hui Xing, Yiming Shao
Abstract
< 0.001). This study indicated that the HIV-1 CRF08_BC epidemic was still on going in China with more than one third of the infected people clustered in the transmission networks. Meanwhile, the study could help identify the active CRF08_BC spreader in the local community and greatly facilitate précising AIDS prevention with targeted intervention.
Topics & Concepts
Transmission (telecommunications)EpidemiologyChinaMolecular epidemiologyHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV)DemographyMedicineVirologyBiologyGeographyComputer scienceGenotypeGeneticsGeneSociologyTelecommunicationsInternal medicineArchaeologyHIV Research and TreatmentHIV, Drug Use, Sexual RiskHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions