Dynamics of clustering rates in the rhode Island HIV-1 epidemic.
Novitsky V, Steingrimsson J, Guang A, Dunn C, Howison M, Gillani F, Hague J, Fulton J, Bertrand T, Bhattarai L, MacAskill M, Bandy U, Hogan J, Kantor R. Dynamics of clustering rates in the rhode Island HIV-1 epidemic. AIDS 2024 PMID: 39527774, DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000004062.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHIV-1 epidemicAcademic-public health partnershipCountry of birthSocio-demographic characteristicsNewly-diagnosedPrevalent infectionPartial HIV-1 pol sequencesHealth partnershipsRhode IslandHIV-1 pol sequencesMental illnessNewly-diagnosed individualsTargeted interventionsHIV-1 diagnosisHIV-1 subtypesHIV transmissionClustering rateStatewide epidemicsRate trendsHIV-1Pol sequencesTransmission riskEpidemicInfectionIndividualsProspective Evaluation of Routine Statewide Integration of Molecular Epidemiology and Contact Tracing to Disrupt Human Immunodeficiency Virus Transmission
Kantor R, Steingrimsson J, Fulton J, Novitsky V, Howison M, Gillani F, Bhattarai L, MacAskill M, Hague J, Guang A, Khanna A, Dunn C, Hogan J, Bertrand T, Bandy U. Prospective Evaluation of Routine Statewide Integration of Molecular Epidemiology and Contact Tracing to Disrupt Human Immunodeficiency Virus Transmission. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2024, 11: ofae599. PMID: 39474444, PMCID: PMC11521326, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofae599.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRoutine public health activitiesPublic health activitiesHealth activitiesAcademic-public health partnershipHIV transmissionNew HIV diagnosesHIV-TRACEHealth partnershipsHIV diagnosisIdentified barriersNewly-diagnosed individualsRoutine contactStatewide studyAt-riskAt-risk contactsIdentified gapsLongitudinal integrationInitial interviewContact tracingUnique individualsImproving contact tracingMolecular epidemiologyRhode IslandCommunity characteristicsMolecular cluster analysis