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Supersize me: how whole-genome sequencing and big data are transforming epidemiology
2014
Trends in Microbiology
In epidemiology, the identification of 'who infected whom' allows us to quantify key characteristics such as incubation periods, heterogeneity in transmission rates, duration of infectiousness, and the existence of high-risk groups. Although invaluable, the existence of many plausible infection pathways makes this difficult, and epidemiological contact tracing either uncertain, logistically prohibitive, or both. The recent advent of next-generation sequencing technology allows the
doi:10.1016/j.tim.2014.02.011
pmid:24661923
pmcid:PMC7125769
fatcat:nhs32qxdjzdwvoa5d3j72sgihm