Advances in DNA sequencing and phylogenetic inference have created powerful methods to investigate many dangerous human viruses.The Molecular Epidemiology Of Virusesprovides a comprehensive introduction to the use of genetic methods in molecular epidemiology and in-depth examples of analyses from many viruses.
Key topics included in this book are:
-Why genetic methods to track epidemiology are useful and how they can be used in disease control;
-The importance of sample design;
-DNA sequencing and other methods for genetic characterization;
- Genetic databases and their function as reference banks and information centers;
- How genetic analysis has been used to study the molecular epidemiology of both RNA and DNA viruses;
- How molecular techniques have been applied to monitor the spread of hepatitis viruses;
- In depth discussions of additional viruses including influenza, polio, human T-cell lymphotropic viruses, rabies, rotavirus, measles and respiratory syncytial virus, human papilloma virus, flavi viruses, hantaviruses, and potentially new and emerging human viruses.
