Article
HIV Transmission Patterns Among Immigrant Latinos Illuminated by the Integration of Phylogenetic and Migration Data.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Oct 2015
Dennis Ann M, Hué Stéphane, Pasquale Dana, Napravnik Sonia, Sebastian Joseph, Miller William C, Eron Joseph J
Abstract excerpt
Latinos represent a growing proportion of HIV cases in North Carolina (NC). Understanding how immigrants are involved in local HIV transmission is important to guide interventions. We used phylogenetics to characterize Latino involvement in local HIV transmission chains. Transmission clusters were identified from maximum-likelihood phylogenies constructed with HIV pol sequences from 177 Latinos and 1,496...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
