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Supersize me: how whole-genome sequencing and big data are transforming epidemiology

In epidemiology, the identification of ‘who infected whom’ allows us to quantify key characteristics such as incubation periods, heterogeneity in transmission rates, duration of infectiousness, and the existence of high-risk groups. Although invaluable, the existence of many plausible infection path...

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Autores principales: Kao, Rowland R., Haydon, Daniel T., Lycett, Samantha J., Murcia, Pablo R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Ltd. 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7125769/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24661923
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2014.02.011