Journal article
Evolution and persistence of influenza A and other diseases
Abstract
The evolution of the etiological agents of disease presents one of the greatest challenges for their control, and makes essential complementing standard epidemiological investigations with broader approaches that allow for evolutionary change. Given the stunning genetic diversity that is possible for many such agents, such as the influenza virus, it is impossible to represent all of the diversity manifest at the level of amino acid sequences. …
Authors
Levin SA; Dushoff J; Plotkin JB
Journal
Mathematical Biosciences, Vol. 188, No. 1-2, pp. 17–28
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
March 2004
DOI
10.1016/j.mbs.2003.08.010
ISSN
0025-5564