The mid-depth method and HIV-1: A practical approach for testing hypotheses of viral epidemic history

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 953-959

  Pybus, Oliver G ^a   Holmes, Edward C ^b   Harvey, Paul H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Coalescent theory; HIV 1; Maximum likelihood; Mid depth method; Monte Carlo simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENEALOGY; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VIROGENESIS; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0032970208     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026184     Document Type: Article

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