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Genetics and Health

Archive for the ‘Phylogenetics’ Category

April 5th, 2008

Male HIV epidemic in London spread quickly and in clusters

Phylogenetics tree of the HIV and SIV viruses (Wikipedia)
The HIV/AIDS epidemic in London in the 1990s was spread quickly and in clusters of groups of men having sex with each other within a relatively short period of time.
Collecting cluster data in the traditional way by interviewing infected men has proved challenging, particularly when tracing the network of sexual partners. Instead […]

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