Research Interests

• Sequence analysis
• Phylogenetics and molecular evolution
• Molecular epidemiology

Selected Publications

1. Wilbe K, Salminen MO, Laukkanen T, McCutchan F, Ray SC, Albert J, and Leitner T.  2003. Investigation of novel HIV-1 recombinant forms using the branching index. Virology: 314,  in press.

2. Savolainen P, Zhang Y-P, Luo J, Lundeberg J and Leitner T.  2002. Genetic evidence for an East Asian origin of domestic dogs. Science: 298:1610-1613. [PubMed abstract]

3. Leitner T.  2002. The Molecular Epidemiology of Human Viruses. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston.   The Molecular Epidemiology of Human Viruses

4. Leitner T.  and Albert J. 1999. The molecular clock of HIV-1 unveiled through analysis of a known transmission history. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 96: 10752-10757. [PubMed abstract]

5. Leitner T., Kumar S. and Albert J. 1997. Tempo and mode of nucleotide substitutions in gag and env gene fragments in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 populations with a known transmission history. Journal of Virology 71: 61-4770. [PubMed abstract]

6. Leitner T., Escanilla D, Franzén C, Uhlén M and Albert J. 1996. Accurate reconstruction of a known HIV-1 transmission history by phylogenetic tree analysis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 93: 10864-10869. [PubMed abstract]