Phylodynamics of the HIV-1 CRF02_AG clade in Cameroon.

• Authors: Abecasis A, Bonfim I, Camacho RJ, Faria NR, Lemey P, Ndembi N, Sousa JD, Suchard MA, Vandamme AM
• Journal: Infection Genetics and Evolution
• Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Phylodynamics+of+the+HIV-1+CRF02_AG+clade+in+Cameroon

Evolutionary analyses have revealed an origin of pandemic HIV-1 group M in the Congo River basin in the first part of the XX century, but the patterns of historical viral spread in or around its epicentre remain largely unexplored. Here, we combine epidemiologic and molecular sequence data to investigate the spatiotemporal patterns of the CRF02_AG clade.
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