The Applied Genomic Epidemiology Handbook
A Practical Guide to Leveraging Pathogen Genomic Data in Public Health
$94.99
- Paperback
144 pages
- Release Date
18 March 2024
Summary
The Applied Genomic Epidemiology Handbook: A Practical Guide to Leveraging Pathogen Genomic Data in Public Health
This handbook provides the rationale, theory, and implementation guidance to help public health practitioners incorporate pathogen genomic data analysis into their investigations. During the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, viral whole genome sequences were generated, analyzed, and shared at an unprecedented scale. This wealth of data posed both tremendous opportunities and challeng…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781032530260 |
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| ISBN-10: | 103253026X |
| Author: | Allison Black, Gytis Dudas |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Imprint: | Chapman & Hall/CRC |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Release Date: | 18 March 2024 |
| Weight: | 300g |
| Dimensions: | 156mm x 234mm |
| Series: | Chapman & Hall/CRC Computational Biology Series |
Allison Black
Allison Black is a genomic epidemiologist passionate about strengthening public health’s ability to use pathogen genomic data for outbreak response, disease surveillance, and decision-making. While she trained as an academic genomic epidemiologist, she now leads molecular epidemiology activities at the Washington State Department of Health.
Gytis Dudas is an evolutionary biologist at Vilnius University’s Life Sciences Center working on RNA virus evolution at both long- and short-term scales. Most of Gytis’ PhD and postdoctoral work focused on the genomic epidemiology of Ebola virus in West Africa and MERS coronavirus in the Arabian Peninsula.
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