title: Reconstituting the epidemic history of HIV strain CRF01_AE among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Liaoning, northeastern China: implications for the expanding epidemic among MSM in China.
abstract: HIV CRF01_AE accounted for 84% of the recent infections among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Liaoning Province of northeastern China. CRF01_AE strains were grouped into two distinct clusters (designated clusters 1 and 2) that were also detected in other regions in China. Phylodynamics study revealed that these two CRF01_AE strains were independently introduced into the population of MSM in China in the early and mid-1990s. Our study elucidated unique features of dynamics and interrelationships of MSM epidemics in China.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of AIDS Immunology of the Ministry of Health, Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
authors.forename: Minghui
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: An
authors.forename: Xiaoxu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Junjie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Zhenxing
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: Manhong
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takebe
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shang
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D015331:Cohort Studies; D016679:Genome, Viral; D005838:Genotype; D005843:Geography; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000235:genetics*; D006716:Homosexuality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D013997:Time Factors