Inferring social network structure from bacterial sequence data.

Using DNA sequence data from pathogens to infer transmission networks has traditionally been done in the context of epidemics and outbreaks. Sequence data could analogously be applied to cases of ubiquitous commensal bacteria; however, instead of inferring chains of transmission to track the spread...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mateusz M Pluciński, Richard Starfield, Rodrigo P P Almeida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3148245?pdf=render