Transmission network parameters estimated from HIV sequences for a nationwide epidemic

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 204, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1463-1469

  Leigh Brown, Andrew J ^a   Lycett, Samantha J ^a   Weinert, Lucy ^a   Hughes, Gareth J ^a   Fearnhill, Esther ^b   Dunn, David T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STRUCTURAL GENE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTACT TRACING; EPIDEMICS; GREAT BRITAIN; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR TYPING; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 80053427855     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jir550     Document Type: Article

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