Phylogenetic and epidemic modeling of rapidly evolving infectious diseases

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1825-1841

  Kühnert, Denise ^a   Wu, Chieh Hsi ^a   Drummond, Alexei J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Coalescent; Phylodynamics; Phylogenetic epidemiology; Rapidly evolving viruses; Statistical phylogeography; Stochastic SIR

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BAYES THEOREM; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MODEL; EPIDEMIC; GENEALOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2 INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA A (H3N2); INFLUENZA A (H5N1); MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLOCK; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; EPIDEMICS; HUMANS; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 82655162070     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2011.08.005     Document Type: Review

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