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Transmission networks and risk of HIV infection in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a community-wide phylogenetic study.
The lancet. HIV - 1 Jan 2017
de Oliveira Tulio, Kharsany Ayesha B M, Gräf Tiago, Cawood Cherie, Khanyile David, Grobler Anneke, Puren Adrian, Madurai Savathree, Baxter Cheryl, Karim Quarraisha Abdool, Karim Salim S Abdool
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BACKGROUND: The incidence of HIV infection in young women in Africa is very high. We did a large-scale community-wide phylogenetic study to examine the underlying HIV transmission dynamics and the source and consequences of high rates of HIV infection in young women in South Africa. METHODS: We did a cross-sectional household survey of randomly selected individuals aged 15-49 years in two neighbouring...
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