The importance of epistasis in the evolution of viral pathogens

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Understanding the genetic and genomic underpinnings of infectious disease outbreaks has emerged as a frontier of epidemiology. Here, we argue that epistasis-where the phenotypic effects of mutations or gene variants are dictated by the presence of other mutations or genes-should become a focus of genomic epidemiology. To demonstrate this, we present the results of a systematic review of the literature on...

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