Comparison of bayesian and maximum-likelihood phylogenetic approaches in two legal cases involving accusations of transmission of HIV

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 741-748

  Kaye, Matthew ^a,b   Chibo, Doris ^a   Birch, Chris ^a,b  

^a VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAG PROTEIN; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; ENV GENE PRODUCTS, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FEMALE; FORENSIC GENETICS; GAG GENE PRODUCTS, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

EID: 70349194918     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2008.0306     Document Type: Article

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