Epidemiological inference from pathogen genomes: A review of phylodynamic models and applications

Abstract Phylodynamics requires an interdisciplinary understanding of phylogenetics, epidemiology, and statistical inference. It has also experienced more intense application than ever before amid the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. In light of this, we present a review of phylodynamic models beginning with fo...

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Veröffentlicht in:Virus Evolution 2022, Vol.8 (1), p.veac045-veac045
Hauptverfasser: Featherstone, Leo A, Zhang, Joshua M, Vaughan, Timothy G, Duchene, Sebastian
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Abstract Phylodynamics requires an interdisciplinary understanding of phylogenetics, epidemiology, and statistical inference. It has also experienced more intense application than ever before amid the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. In light of this, we present a review of phylodynamic models beginning with foundational models and assumptions. Our target audience is public health researchers, epidemiologists, and biologists seeking a working knowledge of the links between epidemiology, evolutionary models, and resulting epidemiological inference. We discuss the assumptions linking evolutionary models of pathogen population size to epidemiological models of the infected population size. We then describe statistical inference for phylodynamic models and list how output parameters can be rearranged for epidemiological interpretation. We go on to cover more sophisticated models and finish by highlighting future directions.
ISSN:2057-1577
2057-1577
DOI:10.1093/ve/veac045