Combining natural language processing and metabarcoding to reveal pathogen-environment associations.

Cryptococcus neoformans is responsible for life-threatening infections that primarily affect immunocompromised individuals and has an estimated worldwide burden of 220,000 new cases each year-with 180,000 resulting deaths-mostly in sub-Saharan Africa. Surprisingly, little is known about the ecologic...

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Main Authors: David C Molik, DeAndre Tomlinson, Shane Davitt, Eric L Morgan, Matthew Sisk, Benjamin Roche, Natalie Meyers, Michael E Pfrender
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-04-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008755