Understanding HIV-1 transmission dynamics is relevant to both screening and intervention
strategies of HIV-1 infection. Commonly, HIV-1 transmission chains are determined based …

Importance A key factor in assessing the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of antiretroviral
therapy (ART) as a prevention strategy is the absolute risk of HIV transmission through …

The current Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa has revealed serious shortcomings
in national and international capacity to detect, monitor, and respond to infectious disease …

Clustering homologous sequences based on their similarity is a problem that appears in
many bioinformatics applications. The fact that sequences cluster is ultimately the result of …

Background: Studying HIV transmission networks provides insight into the spread of HIV and
opportunities for intervention. We identified transmission dynamics among risk groups and …

To estimate the nationwide and regional distribution of HIV-1 genotypes in China in the past
three decades, province-specific HIV-1 molecular epidemiology data were derived from 260 …

Background HIV-1 genetic sequences can be used to infer viral transmission history and
dynamics. Throughout the United States, HIV-1 sequences from drug resistance testing are …

Background Transgender women are among the groups at highest risk for HIV infection, with
a prevalence of 27· 7% in the USA; and despite this known high risk, undiagnosed infection …

Drug resistant HIV is a major threat to the long-term efficacy of antiretroviral treatment.
Around 10% of ART-naïve patients in Europe are infected with drug-resistant HIV type 1 …

This guideline is intended for use in UK Genitourinary medicine clinics and sexual health
services but is likely to be of relevance in all sexual health settings, including general …