Molecular tools for studying HIV transmission in sexual networks

Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 126-133

  Grabowski, Mary K ^a   Redd, Andrew D ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; linkage; phylogenetics

Indexed keywords

HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84894047389     PISSN: 1746630X     EISSN: 17466318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/COH.0000000000000040     Document Type: Review

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