Background: HIV assays designed to detect recent infection, also known as “recency
assays,” are often used to estimate HIV incidence in a specific country, region, or …

International Journal of Epidemiology, 2023, e241–e252 https://doi. org/10.1093/ije/dyad083
Advance Access Publication Date: 4 July 2023 Cohort Profile responsible unit of HIV/STI …

Primary HIV-1 infection covers a period of around 12 weeks in which the virus disseminates
from the initial site of infection into different tissues and organs. In this phase, viremia is very …

Background Sichuan Province is severely affected by the HIV epidemic in China. Little is
known about the characteristics of recent infections among new HIV diagnoses, which is …

Background Despite Rwanda's progress toward HIV epidemic control, 16.2% of HIV-positive
individuals are unaware of their HIV positive status. Tailoring the public health strategy could …

Background The HIV surveillance system in Germany is based on mandatory, anonymous
notification of newly diagnosed HIV cases by laboratories. Because the time between HIV …

Background The characteristics of recent HIV infections can provide the information about
the dynamics of HIV transmission. Yunnan is one of the provinces hardest-hit by HIV-1 in …

ABSTRACT A fraction of HIV-1 patients are able to generate broadly neutralizing antibodies
(bNAbs) after 2 to 4 years of infection. In rare occasions such antibodies are observed close …

Objectives To identify the HIV incidence and its associated factors (AFs) of the ITACA, a
community-based cohort of HIV-negative men who have sex with men (MSM) established in …

Background Policy makers and health practitioners are in need of guidance to respond to
the growing geographic mobility of Hispano-American migrants in Europe. Drawing from …