HIV subtype diversity worldwide

N Bbosa, P Kaleebu, D Ssemwanga - Current Opinion in HIV and …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
The dynamic change in HIV subtype distribution presents future challenges for diagnosis,
treatment and vaccine design and development. An increase in recombinant viruses …

Genetic cluster analysis for HIV prevention

MK Grabowski, JT Herbeck, AFY Poon - Current HIV/AIDS Reports, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review This review summarizes the use of genetic similarity clusters to
understand HIV transmission and inform prevention efforts. Recent Findings Recent …

Quantifying HIV transmission flow between high-prevalence hotspots and surrounding communities: a population-based study in Rakai, Uganda

O Ratmann, J Kagaayi, M Hall, T Golubchick… - The lancet HIV, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background International and global organisations advocate targeting interventions to areas
of high HIV prevalence (ie, hotspots). To better understand the potential benefits of geo …

A comprehensive genomics solution for HIV surveillance and clinical monitoring in low-income settings

D Bonsall, T Golubchik, M de Cesare… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Viral genetic sequencing can be used to monitor the spread of HIV drug resistance, identify
appropriate antiretroviral regimes, and characterize transmission dynamics. Despite …

Easy and accurate reconstruction of whole HIV genomes from short-read sequence data with shiver

C Wymant, F Blanquart, T Golubchik, A Gall… - Virus …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Studying the evolution of viruses and their molecular epidemiology relies on accurate viral
sequence data, so that small differences between similar viruses can be meaningfully …

Inferring HIV-1 transmission networks and sources of epidemic spread in Africa with deep-sequence phylogenetic analysis

O Ratmann, MK Grabowski, M Hall, T Golubchik… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
To prevent new infections with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) in sub-
Saharan Africa, UNAIDS recommends targeting interventions to populations that are at high …

Longitudinal population-level HIV epidemiologic and genomic surveillance highlights growing gender disparity of HIV transmission in Uganda

M Monod, A Brizzi, RM Galiwango, R Ssekubugu… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
HIV incidence in eastern and southern Africa has historically been concentrated among girls
and women aged 15–24 years. As new cases decline with HIV interventions, population …

Growing gender disparity in HIV infection in Africa: sources and policy implications

M Monod, A Brizzi, RM Galiwango, R Ssekubugu… - MedRxiv, 2023 - medrxiv.org
HIV incidence in eastern and southern Africa has historically been concentrated among girls
and women aged 15-24 years, but as new cases decline with HIV interventions, population …

Effect of HIV subtype and antiretroviral therapy on HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder stage in Rakai, Uganda

N Sacktor, D Saylor, G Nakigozi… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Background: Combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) improves HIV-associated
neurocognitive disorder (HAND) stage in the United States where subtype B predominates …

Empirical comparison of analytical approaches for identifying molecular HIV-1 clusters

V Novitsky, JA Steingrimsson, M Howison, FS Gillani… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Public health interventions guided by clustering of HIV-1 molecular sequences may be
impacted by choices of analytical approaches. We identified commonly-used clustering …