New insights into the local transmission of seasonal influenza
Based on the genome sequences of the influenza virus collected across Basel during the 2016/17 influenza season, analyses led by Nicola Müller and Tanja Stadler from the Computational Evolution group at D-BSSE, and colleagues, show that the Basel influenza epidemic was driven by repeated introductions and that age is an important factor underlying the spread within local transmission networks. The study was published in PLOS Pathogens.
Find external pageoriginal article in PLOS Pathogenscall_made (19 November 2020); news article and links to media coverage on the page of the Computational Evolution group led by Tanja Stadler.
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Citation: Müller, N. F., et al. (2020) Characterising the epidemic spread of influenza A/H3N2 within a city through phylogenetics. PLOS Pathogens. external pagehttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1008984call_made