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Molecular epidemiology by Nigel M. Field; Duncan MacCannell; Helen R. Stagg is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Molecular epidemiology about?

Infectious disease molecular epidemiology uses molecular typing methods to study the distribution, dynamics, and determinants of infections in human populations. Pathogens with similar molecular typing characteristics are likely to be related, and the degree of similarity can be used to infer relatedness between strains. The 'omics' techniques (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics) underpin molecular epidemiology. Whole-genome sequencing and other laboratory technologies are transforming public health microbiology, but their application presents important challenges, including managing the sheer volume of data generated. Other important considerations are the correct choice of biological marker, molecular clock, and the possibility that multiple-strain infections might complicate interpretation. It seems likely that molecular epidemiology will increasingly be applied to real-world infectious disease-related public health problems and practice, and this will require multidisciplinary teams of public health practitioners, bioinformaticians, statisticians, epidemiologists, and microbiologists to work together to harness these data, while maintaining a critical eye t

Author

Nigel M. Field; Duncan MacCannell; Helen R. Stagg

Published

2016

Language

EN