Synonymous substitution rates predict HIV disease progression as a result of underlying replication dynamics.

Upon HIV transmission, some patients develop AIDS in only a few months, while others remain disease free for 20 or more years. This variation in the rate of disease progression is poorly understood and has been attributed to host genetics, host immune responses, co-infection, viral genetics, and ada...

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Main Authors: Philippe Lemey, Sergei L Kosakovsky Pond, Alexei J Drummond, Oliver G Pybus, Beth Shapiro, Helena Barroso, Nuno Taveira, Andrew Rambaut
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-02-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.0030029