Protocols for sampling viral sequences to study epidemic dynamics

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 7, Issue 48, 2010, Pages 1119-1127

  Stack, J Conrad ^a   Welch, J David ^a   Ferrari, Matt J ^a   Shapiro, Beth U ^a   Grenfell, Bryan T ^a,b,c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemics; Phylodynamics; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC DYNAMICS; EPIDEMIC SIMULATIONS; GENETIC DATA; GENETIC SEQUENCE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LITTLE RESEARCH; SAMPLING PROTOCOL; SEQUENCE DATA; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; VIRAL INFECTIONS;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SIMULATION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SAMPLING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 77954335360     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2009.0530     Document Type: Article

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