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The role of high-risk geographies in the perpetuation of the HIV epidemic in rural South Africa: A spatial molecular epidemiology study
| العنوان: | The role of high-risk geographies in the perpetuation of the HIV epidemic in rural South Africa: A spatial molecular epidemiology study |
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| المؤلفون: | Cuadros, Diego F., de Oliveira, Tulio, Gräf, Tiago, Junqueira, Dennis M., Wilkinson, Eduan, Lemey, Philippe, Bärnighausen, Till, Kim, Hae-Young, Tanser, Frank |
| المساهمون: | Shin, Sanghyuk, National Institutes of Health |
| المصدر: | PLOS Global Public Health ; volume 2, issue 2, page e0000105 ; ISSN 2767-3375 |
| بيانات النشر: | Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
| سنة النشر: | 2022 |
| المجموعة: | PLOS Publications (via CrossRef) |
| الوصف: | In this study, we hypothesize that HIV geographical clusters (geospatial areas with significantly higher numbers of HIV positive individuals) can behave as the highly connected nodes in the transmission network. Using data come from one of the most comprehensive demographic surveillance systems in Africa, we found that more than 70% of the HIV transmission links identified were directly connected to an HIV geographical cluster located in a peri-urban area. Moreover, we identified a single central large community of highly connected nodes located within the HIV cluster. This module was composed by nodes highly connected among them, forming a central structure of the network that was also connected with the small sparser modules located outside of the HIV geographical cluster. Our study supports the evidence of the high level of connectivity between HIV geographical high-risk populations and the entire community. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000105 |
| الاتاحة: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000105 https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000105 |
| Rights: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.415B3ED5 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000105 |
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