Real-time characterization of the molecular epidemiology of an influenza pandemic

Biology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Hedge, J ^a   Lycett, S J ^a   Rambaut, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian phylogenetics; Influenza; Pandemic; Parameter estimation; Real time

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; EMERGENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENOMICS; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; INFLUENZA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; PHYLOGENETICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REAL TIME;

GENETICS; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY;

HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY;

EID: 84882778687     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0331     Document Type: Article

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