Epidemiology of HIV-1 subtypes among men who have sex with men in Cape Town, South Africa

There are few data describing the HIV epidemic among men who have sex with men (MSM) in South Africa, and thus little information is available to inform appropriate public health response strategies for this high-risk group. One such existing knowledge gap is an understanding of HIV transmission patterns between different MSM communities and between MSM and the heterosexual population. Studies in the early 1990s identified two independent HIV-1 epidemics in Cape Town: a predominantly subtype B epidemic among white MSM and the mainly subtype C epidemic among the predominantly black heterosexual epidemic. While the heterosexual epidemic remains primarily due to subtype C virus, few recent HIV-1 subtype data are available for MSM in South Africa. This study examined circulating HIV-1 subtypes among MSM in Cape Town.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Public Health and Family Medicine

Year dc:date.issued

2013

Author dc:creator

• Middelkoop, Keren

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Myer, Landon
• Bekker, Linda-Gail

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9379

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/9379