Detailed Molecular Epidemiologic Characterization of HIV-1 Infection in Bulgaria Reveals Broad Diversity and Evolving Phylodynamics

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Ivanov, Ivailo Alexiev ^a   Beshkov, Danail ^a   Shankar, Anupama ^b   Hanson, Debra L ^b   Paraskevis, Dimitrios ^c   Georgieva, Viara ^a   Karamacheva, Lyudmila ^a   Taskov, Hristo ^a   Varleva, Tonka ^d   Elenkov, Ivaylo ^e   Stoicheva, Mariana ^f   Nikolova, Daniela ^g   Switzer, William M ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER OF INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES   (Bulgaria)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^d Ministry of Health Sofia   (Bulgaria)

^e Specialised Hospital for Active Treatment of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases   (Bulgaria)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV   (Bulgaria)

^g MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VARNA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BULGARIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURAL GENE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS TYPING;

BASE SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; BULGARIA; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POL GENE PRODUCTS, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84875092508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059666     Document Type: Article

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