Using genetic data to identify transmission risk factors: Statistical assessment and application to tuberculosis transmission.

Identifying host factors that influence infectious disease transmission is an important step toward developing interventions to reduce disease incidence. Recent advances in methods for reconstructing infectious disease transmission events using pathogen genomic and epidemiological data open the door...

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Main Authors: Isaac H Goldstein, Damon Bayer, Ivan Barilar, Balladiah Kizito, Ogopotse Matsiri, Chawangwa Modongo, Nicola M Zetola, Stefan Niemann, Volodymyr M Minin, Sanghyuk S Shin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-12-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010696