Sorting by Race/Ethnicity Across HIV Genetic Transmission Networks in Three Major Metropolitan Areas in the United States.

ABSTRACT: An important component underlying the disparity in HIV risk between race/ethnic groups is the preferential transmission between individuals in the same group. We sought to quantify transmission between different race/ethnicity groups and measure racial assortativity in HIV transmission networks in major metropolitan areas in the United States. We reconstructed HIV molecular transmission networks from viral sequences collected as part of HIV surveillance in New York City, Los Angeles County, and Cook County, Illinois. We calculated assortativity (the tendency for individuals to link to others with similar characteristics) across the network for three candidate characteristics: transmission risk, age at diagnosis, and race/ethnicity. We then compared assortativity between race/ethnicity grou

SUBMITTER: Ragonnet-Cronin M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8573809 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature