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Assessment of Overlap of Phylogenetic Transmission Clusters and Communities in Simple Sexual Contact Networks: Applications to HIV-1.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Villandre Luc, Stephens David A, Labbe Aurelie, Günthard Huldrych F, Kouyos Roger, Stadler Tanja
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Transmission patterns of sexually-transmitted infections (STIs) could relate to the structure of the underlying sexual contact network, whose features are therefore of interest to clinicians. Conventionally, we represent sexual contacts in a population with a graph, that can reveal the existence of communities. Phylogenetic methods help infer the history of an epidemic and incidentally, may help...
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