Using earth mover’s distance for viral outbreak investigations
Abstract Background RNA viruses mutate at extremely high rates, forming an intra-host viral population of closely related variants, which allows them to evade the host’s immune system and makes them particularly dangerous. Viral outbreaks pose a significant threat for public health, and, in order to...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-12-01
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| Series: | BMC Genomics |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-020-06982-4 |