Inference of epidemiological dynamics based on simulated phylogenies using birth-death and coalescent models.

Quantifying epidemiological dynamics is crucial for understanding and forecasting the spread of an epidemic. The coalescent and the birth-death model are used interchangeably to infer epidemiological parameters from the genealogical relationships of the pathogen population under study, which in turn...

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Main Authors: Veronika Boskova, Sebastian Bonhoeffer, Tanja Stadler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-11-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003913&type=printable
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