Novel HIV-1 recombinants spreading across multiple risk groups in the United Kingdom: the identification and phylogeography of Circulating Recombinant Form (CRF) 50_A1D

• Authors: Abecasis AB, Ambrose JC, Delpech VC, Fearnhill E, Foster GM, Geretti AM, Hué S, Leigh Brown AJ
• Publication Year: 2014
• Journal: PLoS One
• Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24454702

An increase in non-B HIV-1 infections among men who have sex with men (MSM) in the United Kingdom (UK) has created opportunities for novel recombinants to arise and become established. We used molecular mapping to characterize the importance of such recombinants to the UK HIV epidemic, in order to gain insights into transmission dynamics that can inform control strategies.
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