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Combining molecular network analysis and field epidemiology to quantify local HIV transmission and highlight ongoing epidemics.
International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases - 1 Mar 2023
Zhang Jiafeng, Xu Ke, Jiang Jun, Fan Qin, Ding Xiaobei, Zhong Ping, Xing Hui, Chai Chengliang, Pan Xiaohong
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OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to establish a collaborative approach to quantify local HIV transmission, which is an issue of great concern to public health. METHODS: We linked HIV-1 pol gene sequences to demographic information and epidemiological investigations in Hangzhou (a central city in East China). We estimated local acquisition rates from a collaboration of molecular network analysis (with a distance-based...
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