Explosive HIV-1 subtype B' epidemics in Asia driven by geographic and risk group founder events

• Main Authors: Li, Y., Uenishi, R., Hase, S., Liao, H., Li, Xiao-Jie, Tsuchiura, T., Tee, K.K., Pybus, O.G., Takebe, Y.
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2010
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/12693/

We explored the timescale, spatial spread, and risk group population structure of HIV-1 subtype B', the cause of explosive blood-borne HIV-1 epidemics among injecting drug users (IDUs) and former plasma donors (FPDs) in Asia. Sequences from FPDs in China formed a distinct monophyletic cluster w...