Highly sensitive and specific detection of rare variants in mixed viral populations from massively parallel sequence data.

Viruses diversify over time within hosts, often undercutting the effectiveness of host defenses and therapeutic interventions. To design successful vaccines and therapeutics, it is critical to better understand viral diversification, including comprehensively characterizing the genetic variants in v...

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Main Authors: Alexander R Macalalad, Michael C Zody, Patrick Charlebois, Niall J Lennon, Ruchi M Newman, Christine M Malboeuf, Elizabeth M Ryan, Christian L Boutwell, Karen A Power, Doug E Brackney, Kendra N Pesko, Joshua Z Levin, Gregory D Ebel, Todd M Allen, Bruce W Birren, Matthew R Henn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3305335?pdf=render