[HTML][HTML] Phylogenetic and epidemic modeling of rapidly evolving infectious diseases

D Kühnert, CH Wu, AJ Drummond - Infection, genetics and evolution, 2011 - Elsevier
Epidemic modeling of infectious diseases has a long history in both theoretical and
empirical research. However the recent explosion of genetic data has revealed the rapid …

Transmission network parameters estimated from HIV sequences for a nationwide epidemic

AJ Leigh Brown, SJ Lycett, L Weinert… - Journal of Infectious …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Background. Many studies of sexual behavior have shown that individuals vary greatly in
their number of sexual partners over time, but it has proved difficult to obtain parameter …

A novel methodology for large-scale phylogeny partition

MCF Prosperi, M Ciccozzi, I Fanti, F Saladini… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
Understanding the determinants of virus transmission is a fundamental step for effective
design of screening and intervention strategies to control viral epidemics. Phylogenetic …

Transmission clustering drives the onward spread of the HIV epidemic among men who have sex with men in Quebec

BG Brenner, M Roger, D Stephens… - Journal of Infectious …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Phylodynamic analysis and epidemiologic data identified 3 patterns of spread of primary
human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection (PHI) among men who have sex with men …

Demographic processes affect HIV-1 evolution in primary infection before the onset of selective processes

JT Herbeck, M Rolland, Y Liu, S McLaughlin… - Journal of …, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT HIV-1 transmission and viral evolution in the first year of infection were studied
in 11 individuals representing four transmitter-recipient pairs and three independent …

The role of migration and domestic transmission in the spread of HIV-1 non-B subtypes in Switzerland

V von Wyl, RD Kouyos, S Yerly, J Böni… - Journal of infectious …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Background. By analyzing human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) pol sequences
from the Swiss HIV Cohort Study (SHCS), we explored whether the prevalence of non-B …

Genotypic resistance testing in routine clinical care

DT Dunn, K Coughlin, PA Cane - Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Genotypic resistance testing in routine clinical care : Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS
Genotypic resistance testing in routine clinical care : Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS Log in …

Concurrency revisited: increasing and compelling epidemiological evidence

TL Mah, JD Shelton - Journal of the International AIDS Society, 2011 - Springer
Multiple sexual partnerships must necessarily lie at the root of a sexually transmitted
epidemic. However, that overlapping or concurrent partnerships have played a pivotal role …

Dynamics of two separate but linked HIV-1 CRF01_AE outbreaks among injection drug users in Stockholm, Sweden, and Helsinki, Finland

H Skar, M Axelsson, I Berggren, A Thalme… - Journal of …, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
Detailed phylogenetic analyses were performed to characterize an HIV-1 outbreak among
injection drug users (IDUs) in Stockholm, Sweden, in 2006. This study investigated the …

Using HIV transmission networks to investigate community effects in HIV prevention trials

JO Wertheim, SL Kosakovsky Pond, SJ Little… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Effective population screening of HIV and prevention of HIV transmission are only part of the
global fight against AIDS. Community-level effects, for example those aimed at thwarting …