Applications of Bayesian Phylodynamic Methods in a Recent U.S. Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus Outbreak

Classical phylogenetic methods such as neighbor-joining or maximum likelihood trees, provide limited inferences about the evolution of important pathogens and ignore important evolutionary parameters and uncertainties, which in turn limits decision making related to surveillance, control and prevent...

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Main Authors: Mohammad A. Alkhamis, Andres M Perez, Michael P Murtaugh, Xiong eWang, Robert B. Morrison
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00067/full