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Combining the Estimated Date of HIV Infection with a Phylogenetic Cluster Study to Better Understand HIV Spread: Application in a Paris Neighbourhood.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Robineau Olivier, Frange Pierre, Barin Francis, Cazein Françoise, Girard Pierre-Marie, Chaix Marie-Laure, Kreplak Georges, Boelle Pierre-Yves, Morand-Joubert Laurence
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To relate socio-demographic and virological information to phylogenetic clustering in HIV infected patients in a limited geographical area and to evaluate the role of recently infected individuals in the spread of HIV. METHODS: HIV-1 pol sequences from newly diagnosed and treatment-naive patients receiving follow-up between 2008 and 2011 by physicians belonging to a health network in Paris were used...
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