The changing modes of human immunodeficiency virus transmission and spatial variations among women in a minority prefecture in southwest China: An exploratory study.

ABSTRACT: Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Southwest China has a high human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevalence rate. This study examined the changing modes of HIV transmission among women with new HIV infections and explored the spatial heterogeneities in the factors associated with heterosexual transmission in this minority region.The data consisting of women with new HIV infections from 2011 to 2014 were collected from multiple sources. New infections were identified by BED capture enzyme immunoassay. The Bayesian hierarchical model was used to estimate the proportion of women with new HIV infections via heterosexual transmission across all townships in the Prefecture. A geographically weighted regression (GWR) model was utilized to investigate spatial variations in the sociodemographic

SUBMITTER: Xiao C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7015565 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature