Transmission Patterns in a Low HIV-Morbidity State - Wisconsin, 2014–2017

Identifying named partners through public health interviews is an important strategy for interrupting human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission. Analyzing HIV molecular sequence data also can identify networks of potential transmission partners. Most molecular linkages in Wisconsin were among...

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Published inMMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Vol. 68; no. 6; pp. 149 - 152
Main Authors Grande, Katarina M, Schumann, Casey L, Ocfemia, M Cheryl Bañez, Vergeront, James M, Wertheim, Joel O, Oster, Alexandra M
Format Report
LanguageEnglish
Published Atlanta U.S. Center for Disease Control 15.02.2019
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Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
Age
AIDS
Disease transmission
Drug resistance
Ethnicity
Health services
Hispanic Americans
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus
Infections
Investigations
Linkages
Morbidity
Prevention
Public health
Race
Surveillance
Viruses
Atlanta Georgia
United States > US
California
Wisconsin
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Summary:Identifying named partners through public health interviews is an important strategy for interrupting human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission. Analyzing HIV molecular sequence data also can identify networks of potential transmission partners. Most molecular linkages in Wisconsin were among persons within the same racial/ethnic, risk, and age groups. Among named partner linkages where both persons had an HIV sequence available, 33.8% also had a molecular linkage and were deemed plausible transmission partners. Supplementing named partner data with molecular data might detect HIV transmission networks not elucidated through traditional public health interviews and identify opportunities for prevention in rapidly growing clusters of HIV infections in states with lower HIV morbidity.
ISSN:0149-2195
1545-861X