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Near real-time monitoring of HIV transmission hotspots from routine HIV genotyping: an implementation case study.
The lancet. HIV - 1 May 2016
Poon Art F Y, Gustafson Réka, Daly Patricia, Zerr Laura, Demlow S Ellen, Wong Jason, Woods Conan K, Hogg Robert S, Krajden Mel, Moore David, Kendall Perry, Montaner Julio S G, Harrigan P Richard
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BACKGROUND: HIV evolves rapidly and therefore infections with similar genetic sequences are likely linked by recent transmission events. Clusters of related infections can represent subpopulations with high rates of transmission. We describe the implementation of an automated near real-time system to monitor and characterise HIV transmission hotspots in British Columbia, Canada. METHODS: In this implementation...
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