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Comment
. 2013 Dec;10(12):e1001569.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001569. Epub 2013 Dec 10.

Early HIV infection in the United States: a virus's eye view

Timothy B Hallett  1
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Early HIV infection in the United States: a virus's eye view

Timothy B Hallett. PLoS Med. 2013 Dec.

Abstract

Tim Hallett reflects on the practical significance of new research by Erik Volz and colleagues on the influence of early HIV infection on disease epidemic dynamics.

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Conflict of interest statement

The author is on the editorial board of PLOS Medicine and served as the academic editor for the paper for which the perspective is written. The senior author of that paper has recently been recruited to a faculty post within the same department as TBH.

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