Machine learning using intrinsic genomic signatures for rapid classification of novel pathogens: COVID-19 case study.

The 2019 novel coronavirus (renamed SARS-CoV-2, and generally referred to as the COVID-19 virus) has spread to 184 countries with over 1.5 million confirmed cases. Such major viral outbreaks demand early elucidation of taxonomic classification and origin of the virus genomic sequence, for strategic...

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Main Authors: Gurjit S Randhawa, Maximillian P M Soltysiak, Hadi El Roz, Camila P E de Souza, Kathleen A Hill, Lila Kari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232391