Molecular phylodynamics of the heterosexual HIV epidemic in the United Kingdom

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Hughes, Gareth J ^a,c   Fearnhill, Esther ^b   Dunn, David ^b   Lycett, Samantha J ^a   Rambaut, Andrew ^a   Leigh Brown, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEINASE; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DENSITY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EPIDEMIC; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRANT; INTERNODE; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION; SAMPLE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; TIME; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; BAYES THEOREM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY;

BAYES THEOREM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATABASES, GENETIC; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV PROTEASE; HIV REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; HUMANS; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 70349655085     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000590     Document Type: Article

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