Evolutionary entropy determines invasion success in emergent epidemics

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Rhodes, Christopher J ^a   Demetrius, Lloyd ^b,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; ENTROPY; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); PATHOGENICITY; POPULATION SIZE; STATISTICS; VIRUS STRAIN; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

SUIDAE;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTROPY; EPIDEMICS; GENETIC DRIFT; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77958558908     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012951     Document Type: Article

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