Article
Relating phylogenetic trees to transmission trees of infectious disease outbreaks.
Genetics - 1 Nov 2013
Ypma Rolf J F, van Ballegooijen W Marijn, Wallinga Jacco
Abstract excerpt
Transmission events are the fundamental building blocks of the dynamics of any infectious disease. Much about the epidemiology of a disease can be learned when these individual transmission events are known or can be estimated. Such estimations are difficult and generally feasible only when detailed epidemiological data are available. The genealogy estimated from genetic sequences of sampled pathogens is another...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
