How are transgender women acquiring HIV? Insights from phylogenetic transmission clusters in San Francisco

Conclusion: Transmission patterns of transgender women may stand apart from MSM epidemics. Transgender women clustered with people who inject drugs, and with men who have sex with transgender women and cisgender women. Aggregation of transgender women into the category of MSM may obscure understanding of how they acquire HIV and to whom they may transmit infection. Phylogenetic insights strengthen the case that HIV prevention programs for MSM may not be applicable to transgender women or their partners.
Source: AIDS - Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: EPIDEMIOLOGY AND SOCIAL Source Type: research