Table 4.
Characteristics of HIV infectors/AIDS patients within molecular transmission clusters.
| Serial Number | Cases | HIV-1 subtype | Gene distance within transmission cluster | Pathway of infection (n) | Location of address (n) |
| 1 | 40 | CRF01_AE | 0.010 ± 0.001 | Homosexual transmission (27); Heterosexual transmission (13) | Heping District, Shenyang (12); Shenhe District, Shenyang (3); Dadong District, Shenyang (7); Huanggu District, Shenyang (9); Tiexi District, Shenyang (6); Yuhong District, Shenyang (2); Shuangtaizi District, Panjin (1) |
| 2 | 9 | CRF01_AE | 0.012 ± 0.002 | Homosexual transmission (9) | Heping District, Shenyang (1); Dadong District, Shenyang (4); Huanggu District, Shenyang (2); Shenbei New District, Shenyang (1); Hunnan District, Shenyang (1) |
| 3 | 5 | CRF07_BC | 0.006 ± 0.002 | Homosexual transmission (5) | Huanggu District, Shenyang (1); Tiexi District, Shenyang (2); Yuhong District, Shenyang (1); Dawa District, Panjin (1) |
| 4 | 3 | CRF01_AE | 0.005 ± 0.002 | Homosexual transmission (2); Heterosexual transmission (1) | Shuangtaizi District, Panjin (2); Panshan Town, Panjin (1) |
| 5 | 2 | B | 0.004 ± 0.002 | Homosexual transmission (2) | Heping District, Shenyang (1); Huanggu District, Shenyang (1) |
| 6 | 2 | B | 0.005 ± 0.002 | Homosexual transmission (2) | Dadong District, Shenyang (1); Shuangtaizi District, Panjin (1) |
| 7 | 2 | CRF01_AE | 0.004 ± 0.002 | Homosexual transmission (2) | Xingcheng City, Huludao (2) |
| 8 | 2 | CRF01_AE | 0.001 ± 0.001 | Homosexual transmission (2) | Heping District, Shenyang (1); Shenbei New District, Shenyang (1) |
| 9 | 1 | CRF01_AE | / | Homosexual transmission (1) | Tiexi District, Shenyang (1) |