The role of recombination in the emergence of a complex and dynamic HIV epidemic

Retrovirology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Zhang, Ming ^a,b   Foley, Brian ^a   Schultz, Anne Kathrin ^c   Macke, Jennifer P ^a   Bulla, Ingo ^c   Stanke, Mario ^c   Morgenstern, Burkhard ^c   Korber, Bette ^a,d   Leitner, Thomas ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR NONLINEAR STUDIES   (United States)

^c Abteilung Bioinformatik   (Germany)

^d SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHINA; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AMERICA; VIRUS RECOMBINATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PATHOGENICITY; VIROLOGY;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

VIRUS RNA;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 77952574031     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-7-25     Document Type: Article

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