Cellular Superspreaders: An Epidemiological Perspective on HIV Infection inside the Body

Kristina Talbert-Slagle; Katherine E. Atkins; Koon-Kiu Yan; Ekta Khurana; Mark Gerstein; Elizabeth H. Bradley; David Berg; Alison P. Galvani; Jeffrey P. Townsend

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1004092

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Cellular Superspreaders: An Epidemiological Perspective on HIV Infection inside the Body

Kristina Talbert-Slagle ,

* E-mail: kristina.talbert-slagle@yale.edu

Affiliations Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Global Health Leadership Institute, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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Katherine E. Atkins,

Affiliation Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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Koon-Kiu Yan,

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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Ekta Khurana,

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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Mark Gerstein,

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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Elizabeth H. Bradley,

Affiliations Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Global Health Leadership Institute, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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David Berg,

Affiliations Global Health Leadership Institute, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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Alison P. Galvani,

Affiliation Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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Jeffrey P. Townsend

Affiliation Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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Cellular Superspreaders: An Epidemiological Perspective on HIV Infection inside the Body

Kristina Talbert-Slagle,
Katherine E. Atkins,
Koon-Kiu Yan,
Ekta Khurana,
Mark Gerstein,
Elizabeth H. Bradley,
David Berg,
Alison P. Galvani,
Jeffrey P. Townsend

Published: May 8, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1004092

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