Open AccessBrief Report: Onward Transmission of Multiple HIV-1 Unique Recombinant Forms Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Beijing, China
Author(s) -
Yongjian Liu,
Bin Su,
Yu Zhang,
Lei Jia,
Hanping Li,
Zhen Li,
Jingwan Han,
Tong Zhang,
Tianyi Li,
Hao Wu,
Xiaolin Wang,
Jingyun Li,
Lin Li
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0000000000001983
Subject(s) - transmission (telecommunications) , beijing , biology , men who have sex with men , virology , genotype , phylogenetic tree , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , china , genetics , gene , geography , engineering , syphilis , electrical engineering , archaeology
Unique recombinant forms (URFs) were generated in dually infected or multiply infected individuals, and some of URFs can be transmitted to many people resulting in the emergence of circulating recombinant forms (CRFs). We examined whether there was evidence for onward transmission of multiple URFs among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Beijing.