Assessing biases in phylodynamic inferences in the presence of super-spreaders

Abstract Phylodynamic analyses using pathogen genetic data have become popular for making epidemiological inferences. However, many methods assume that the underlying host population follows homogenous mixing patterns. Nevertheless, in real disease outbreaks, a small number of individuals infect a d...

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Main Authors: Arata Hidano, M. Carolyn Gates
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-09-01
Series:Veterinary Research
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13567-019-0692-5