Computational analysis for infectious diseases surveillance and host-pathogen interactions (in the context of Influenza A viruses)

• Main Author: Beyene, Biruhalem Taye
• Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
• Format: Thesis-Doctor of Philosophy
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2017
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/72814
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Influenza A virus (IAV) is a major public health problem responsible for the death of half a million people every year worldwide. Zoonotic transmissions of the virus from swine and avian origin have occurred and can in the worst-case result in pandemics. Prediction of the next pandemic strain is...