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SUBMITTER: Hollingsworth TD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4425938 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hollingsworth T Déirdre TD Pilcher Christopher D CD Hecht Frederick M FM Deeks Steven G SG Fraser Christophe C
The Journal of infectious diseases 20141226 11
We estimate the relative transmission rate in early versus later infection among men who have sex with men (MSM) in San Francisco, California, by studying the characteristics of a sample of transmitters, recruited through newly diagnosed, recently infected MSM between 1996 and 2009. Of 36 transmitters identified, 9 were determined on the basis of testing history and serologic testing to have been recently infected. The unadjusted odds ratio of transmitting during early infection was 15.2 (95% co ...[more]