A model-based clustering method to detect infectious disease transmission outbreaks from sequence variation.

Clustering infections by genetic similarity is a popular technique for identifying potential outbreaks of infectious disease, in part because sequences are now routinely collected for clinical management of many infections. A diverse number of nonparametric clustering methods have been developed for...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rosemary M McCloskey, Art F Y Poon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-11-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005868