Key result
An analytically tractable approximation of pairwise genetic distances provided robust estimation of transmission route probabilities and successfully ruled out potential transmission links in an MRSA outbreak.
Population
Genomic data from an outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
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May improve WGS interpretation in outbreaks; leaves open reliable transmission inference without strong assumptions.
The proposed analytical approximation of pairwise genetic distances provides a computationally efficient tool for inferring disease transmission dynamics during outbreaks.
Worby et al. (2014) studied Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) outbreak. Analytically tractable approximation of pairwise genetic distances was evaluated on Posterior probability of transmission routes. An analytically tractable approximation of pairwise genetic distances provided robust estimation of transmission route probabilities and successfully ruled out potential transmission links in an MRSA outbreak.
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