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Assessment of phylogenetic sensitivity for reconstructing HIV-1 epidemiological relationships.
Virus research - 1 Jun 2012
Beloukas Apostolos, Magiorkinis Emmanouil, Magiorkinis Gkikas, Zavitsanou Asimina, Karamitros Timokratis, Hatzakis Angelos, Paraskevis Dimitrios
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Phylogenetic analysis has been extensively used as a tool for the reconstruction of epidemiological relations for research or for forensic purposes. It was our objective to assess the sensitivity of different phylogenetic methods and various phylogenetic programs to reconstruct epidemiological links among HIV-1 infected patients that is the probability to reveal a true transmission relationship. Multiple datasets...
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