Using phylogeography to characterize the origins of the HIV-1 subtype F epidemic in Romania

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 975-979

  Mehta, Sanjay R ^a   Wertheim, Joel O ^b   Delport, Wayne ^a   Ene, Luminita ^c   Tardei, Gratiela ^c   Duiculescu, Dan ^c   Pond, Sergei L Kosakovsky ^a   Smith, Davey M ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VICTOR BABES NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Romania)

^d VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; Phylogeography; Romania; Socio political; Subtype F

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANGOLA; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 SUBTYPE F; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 SUBTYPE F INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR CLOCK; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROMANIA; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EPIDEMICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POL GENE PRODUCTS, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; ROMANIA;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 79956318318     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2011.03.009     Document Type: Article

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