title: 'Patient 0' and the Origin of HIV/AIDS in America.
abstract: The origin of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in North America remains contentious. A recent study uses phylogenetic and historical approaches to investigate the early history of HIV-1 group M subtype B in North America and shows that 'Patient 0' is not the source of the North American HIV/AIDS epidemic.
authors.affiliation: Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Microbes and Functional Genomics, Jiangsu Engineering and Technology Research Center for Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210046, China.
authors.forename: Zhen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.affiliation: Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Microbes and Functional Genomics, Jiangsu Engineering and Technology Research Center for Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210046, China.
authors.forename: Xiaoyu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Microbes and Functional Genomics, Jiangsu Engineering and Technology Research Center for Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210046, China. Electronic address: guanzhu@njnu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Guan-Zhu
authors.initials: GZ
authors.lastname: Han
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission*; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans; D009656:North America / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: HIV; Patient 0; molecular archeology; phylogenetics