Molecular epidemiology is becoming complex under the dynamic HIV prevalence: The perspective from Harbin, China

• Published in: Journal of medical virology Vol. 88; no. 5; pp. 807 - 814
• Main Authors: Shao, Bing, Song, Bo, Cao, Lijun, Du, Juan, Sun, Dongying, Lin, Yuanlong, Wang, Binyou, Wang, Fuxiang, Wang, Sunran
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.05.2016; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: China - epidemiology; Cluster Analysis; CRF01_AE; Disease transmission; Disease Transmission, Infectious; Epidemiology; Female; gag Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus; Gays & lesbians; Genetic Variation; Genotype; HIV; HIV Infections - epidemiology; HIV Infections - transmission; HIV Infections - virology; HIV-1; HIV-1 - classification; HIV-1 - genetics; HIV-1 - isolation & purification; Human immunodeficiency virus; Human immunodeficiency virus 1; Humans; Male; men who have sex with men; Molecular Epidemiology; Phylogeography; Prevalence; Retrospective Studies; Sequence Analysis, DNA; unique recombinant forms; Virology; HIV-1; unique recombinant forms; men who have sex with men; CRF01_AE

Unlike most areas of China, HIV transmission via men who have sex with men (MSM) is increasing rapidly, and has become the main route of HIV transmission in Harbin city. The purpose of the current study was to elaborate the molecular epidemiologic characteristics of the new HIV epidemic. Eighty‐one...