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. 2011 Mar 1;6(3):e17485. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017485

Table 1. Population dynamics estimates for the CRF28/29_BF epidemic.a .

Gene μ, site−1 year−1 Origin of the lineage Number of effective infections r, year−1 λ, month
pol
Linked locus [nt 2265–3094] 2.60×10−3 (1.72×10−3–3.46×10−3) 1989 (1987–1993) 2537 (405–15320) 1.18 (0.64–1.38) 7.05 (6.00–12.96)
Unlinked F locus [nt 2265–2572] 2.69×10−3 (1.78×10−3–3.54×10−3) 1991 (1988–1994) 3176 (651–18028) 1.25 (0.78–1.55) 6.68 (5.37–10.66)
Unlinked B locus [nt 2573–3094] 2.55×10−3 (1.91×10−3–3.33×10−3) 1989 (1986–1992) 2415 (367–13994) 1.13 (0.61–1.26) 7.36 (6.65–13.64)
gag
Linked locus [nt 1087–1560] 1.94×10−3 (0.91×10−3–3.06×10−3) 1988 (1984–1992) 1778 (191–10212) 1.20 (0.59–1.47) 6.93 (5.66–14.10)
Unlinked B locus [nt 1087–1323] 2.02×10−3 (0.82×10−3–3.24×10−3) 1989 (1986–1994) 2092 (322–12273) 1.27 (0.67–1.61) 6.55 (5.17–12.42)
Unlinked F locus [nt 1324–1560] 1.95×10−3 (0.85×10−3–3.17×10−3) 1988 (1983–1991) 1619 (152–9867) 1.15 (0.55–1.42) 7.24 (5.86–15.12)
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Numbers in parentheses are the range of the 95% upper and lower high posterior density. μ, rate of nucleotide substitution; r, median rate of exponential growth; λ, epidemic doubling time.