Long-read deep sequencing reveals high rates of multilineage transmission and rapid viral population changes in acute HIV infection

James I. Mullins(University of Washington), Carolyn Williamson(National Health Laboratory Service), Lennie Chen(University of Washington), Anna Yssel(University of Cape Town), Roger E. Bumgarner(Texas Biomedical Research Institute), Raabya Rossenkhan(Fred Hutch Cancer Center), Myron S. Cohen(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Talita York(University of Cape Town), Dylan H. Westfall(University of Washington), Paul T. Edlefsen(Fred Hutch Cancer Center), Craig A. Magaret(Fred Hutch Cancer Center), Ben Murrell(Karolinska Institutet), Wenjie Deng(University of Washington), David Matten(University of Cape Town), Thumbi Ndung’u(Africa Health Research Institute), Tanmoy Bhattacharya(Los Alamos National Laboratory), Hugh Murrell(Cape Town HVTN Immunology Laboratory / Hutchinson Centre Research Institute of South Africa), Lawrence Corey(Fred Hutch Cancer Center), Alec Pankow(Karolinska Institutet), Morgane Rolland(Henry M. Jackson Foundation), Sorachai Nitayaphan(Royal Thai Army), Ruwayhida Thebus(University of Cape Town), Fredrick Sawe(University of Cape Town), M. Juliana McElrath(Fred Hutch Cancer Center), Peter B. Gilbert(Cape Town HVTN Immunology Laboratory / Hutchinson Centre Research Institute of South Africa), Elena E. Giorgi(Fred Hutch Cancer Center), Krista L. Dong(Harvard University), Hong Zhao(University of Washington), John Hural(Cape Town HVTN Immunology Laboratory / Hutchinson Centre Research Institute of South Africa), Merlin L Robb(Henry M. Jackson Foundation), James P. Ludwig, Asanda Gwashu-Nyangiri(University of Cape Town), Michal Juraska(Cape Town HVTN Immunology Laboratory / Hutchinson Centre Research Institute of South Africa)
Nature Communications
May 25, 2026
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