Phylodynamics of HIV-1 subtype B among the men-having-sex-with-men (MSM) population in Hong Kong

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Chen, Jonathan Hon Kwan ^a   Wong, Ka Hing ^b   Chan, Kenny Chi Wai ^b   To, Sabrina Wai Chi ^a   Chen, Zhiwei ^a   Yam, Wing Cheong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Department of Health   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COUNT; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; ETHNICITY; EVOLUTIONARY RATE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 SUBTYPE B; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUALITY; TREND STUDY; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS STRAIN; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; VIROLOGY;

CERCOPITHECINE HERPESVIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

ADULT; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 80053068047     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025286     Document Type: Article

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