Phylodynamic applications in 21st century global infectious disease research

• Main Authors: Brittany D Rife (Author), Carla Mavian (Author), Xinguang Chen (Author), Massimo Ciccozzi (Author), Marco Salemi (Author), Jae Min (Author), Mattia CF Prosperi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Phylodynamics, the study of the interaction between epidemiological and pathogen evolutionary processes within and among populations, was originally defined in the context of rapidly evolving viruses and used to characterize transmission dynamics. The concept of phylodynamics has...