Massive Iatrogenic Outbreak of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 in Rural Cambodia, 2014–2015
Author(s) -
François Rouet,
Janin Nouhin,
Du-Ping Zheng,
Benjamín Roche,
Allison Black,
Sophearot Prak,
Marie Leoz,
Catherine GaudyGraffin,
Laurent Ferradini,
Chandara Mom,
Sovatha Mam,
Charlotte Gautier,
G Lesage,
Sreymom Ken,
Kerya Phon,
Alexandra Kerléguer,
Chunfu Yang,
William P. Killam,
Masami Fujita,
Chhivun Mean,
Didier Fontenille,
Françis Barin,
JeanChristophe Plantier,
Trevor Bedford,
Artur Ramos,
Vonthanak Saphonn
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/cix1071
Subject(s) - medicine , outbreak , virology , transmission (telecommunications) , ns5b , jaundice , seroprevalence , virus , hepatitis c virus , antibody , hepacivirus , immunology , serology , electrical engineering , engineering
In 2014-2015, 242 individuals aged 2-89 years were newly diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) in Roka, a rural commune in Cambodia. A case-control study attributed the outbreak to unsafe injections. We aimed to reconstruct the likely transmission history of the outbreak.
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