A Bayesian Inference Framework to Reconstruct Transmission Trees Using Epidemiological and Genetic Data

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Morelli, Marco J ^a,e   Thébaud, Gaël ^b   Chadœuf, Joël ^c   King, Donald P ^d   Haydon, Daniel T ^a   Soubeyrand, Samuel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c INRA   (France)

^d INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^e ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; FORESTRY; INFERENCE ENGINES; TREES (MATHEMATICS); VIRUSES;

BAYESIAN INFERENCE; DATATYPES; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS; GENETIC DATA; INFECTIOUS AGENTS; MOST LIKELY; PROBLEM DATUM; RNA VIRUS; TRANSMISSION ROUTE; TRANSMISSION TREES;

EPIDEMIOLOGY;

AGING; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84870665545     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002768     Document Type: Article

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