Source identification in two criminal cases using phylogenetic analysis of HIV-1 DNA sequences

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 50, 2010, Pages 21242-21247

  Scaduto, Diane I ^a   Brown, Jeremy M ^b,c   Haaland, Wade C ^a   Zwickl, Derrick J ^b,d   Hillis, David M ^b   Metzker, Michael L ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Evolution; Forensics; HIV transmission; Molecular; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; OFFENDER; PARAPHYLY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CRIMINAL LAW; DATABASES, GENETIC; DNA, VIRAL; FORENSIC GENETICS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TEXAS; WASHINGTON;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 78650746800     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1015673107     Document Type: Article

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