HIV-1 Transmission during Early Infection in Men Who Have Sex with Men: A Phylodynamic Analysis

Erik Volz and colleagues use HIV genetic information from a cohort of men who have sex with men in Detroit, USA to dissect the timing of onward transmission during HIV infection. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary

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