Characteristics and growth of the genetic HIV transmission network of Mexico City during 2020.
Vanessa Dávila-ConnClaudia García-MoralesMargarita Matías-FlorentinoEduardo López-OrtizHéctor E Paz-JuárezÁngeles Beristain-BarredaMiroslava Cárdenas-SandovalDaniela Tapia-TrejoDulce M López-SánchezManuel Becerril-RodríguezPedro García-EsparzaIsrael Macías-GonzálezPatricia Iracheta-HernándezSteven WeaverJoel O WertheimGustavo Reyes-TeránAndrea González-RodríguezSantiago Avila-RíosPublished in: Journal of the International AIDS Society (2021)
HIV transmission in Mexico City is strongly driven by young MSM with higher education level and recent infection. Nevertheless, leveraging network inference, we identified actively growing clusters that could be prioritized for focused intervention with demographic and risk characteristics that do not necessarily reflect the ones observed in the overall clustering population. Further studies evaluating different models to predict growing clusters are warranted. Focused interventions will have to consider structural and risk disparities between the MSM and the heterosexual populations.