Identification of major routes of HIV transmission throughout Mesoamerica.

CONCLUSION: International clusters were infrequent, suggesting moderate migration between HIV epidemics of the different Mesoamerican countries. Nevertheless, we observed important sources of transnational HIV spread in the region, including Southern and Central Mexico and Belize.
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Source: Infection, Genetics and Evolution - June 20, 2017 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Chaillon A, Avila-Ríos S, Wertheim JO, Dennis A, García-Morales C, Tapia-Trejo D, Mejía-Villatoro C, Pascale JM, Porras-Cortés G, Quant-Durán CJ, Lorenzana I, Meza RI, Palou EY, Manzanero M, Cedillos RA, Reyes-Terán G, Mehta SR, Mesoamerican Project Tags: Infect Genet Evol Source Type: research