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Determinants of HIV-1 Transmission Clusters and Transmitted Drug Resistance in ...
Abrantes, Ricardo; Pimentel, Victor; Sebastião, Cruz; Miranda, Mafalda N S; Seabra, Sofia; Silva, Ana Rita; Diniz, António; Ascenção, BiancaIntroduction: In the EU/EEA, men who have sex with men (MSM) is a priority group for the prevention and control of HIV-1 infection. In Portugal, the 2023 HIV incidence rate was 8.2 per 100,000 inhabitants, with 876 new infections, 41.7% in MSM. We aim to characterize HIV-1 transmission clusters (TC) and transmitted drug resistance (TDR) and its sociodemographic, behavioral, clinical, and viral genomic determina...
HIV-1-Transmitted Drug Resistance and Transmission Clusters in Newly Diagnosed ...
Pingarilho, Marta; Pimentel, Victor; Miranda, Mafalda N. S.; Silva, Ana Rita; Diniz, António; Ascenção, Bianca Branco; Piñeiro, Carmela; Koch, CarmoObjective: To describe and analyze transmitted drug resistance (TDR) between 2014 and 2019 in newly infected patients with HIV-1 in Portugal and to characterize its transmission networks. Methods: Clinical, socioepidemiological, and risk behavior data were collected from 820 newly diagnosed patients in Portugal between September 2014 and December 2019. The sequences obtained from drug resistance testing were us...