Article
Quantitative measures of within-host viral genetic diversity.
Current opinion in virology - 1 Aug 2021
Fuhrmann Lara, Jablonski Kim Philipp, Beerenwinkel Niko
Abstract excerpt
The genetic diversity of virus populations within their hosts is known to influence disease progression, treatment outcome, drug resistance, cell tropism, and transmission risk, and the study of dynamic changes of genetic heterogeneity can provide insights into the evolution of viruses. Several measures to quantify within-host genetic diversity capturing different aspects of diversity patterns in a sample or...
Topics
- Genetic Variation
- Genome, Viral
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Mutation
- Phylogeny
- Quasispecies
- Virus Diseases
- Viruses
