Molecular networks reveal complex interactions with MSM in heterosexual women living with HIV-1 who play peripheral roles in Guangzhou, China

•Paying attentions to heterosexual women and trying to clarified the role of MSM driving HIV-1 infection to heterosexual women in Guangzhou, china.•It is the first time to identify possible heterosexual women linked to MSM by using molecular network analysis.•Heterosexual women living with HIV-1 play peripheral roles in Guangzhou, china.