New paper characterizing infuenza spread in Basel
A joint project between the cEvo group, the Universitätsspital Basel, and the Universität Basel on the drivers of the 2016/17 influenza epidemic in Basel is now out in Plos Pathogens and has been covered by several news sources.
Based on influenza genome sequences collected across Basel during the 2016/17 influenza season, analyses by cEvo's Nicola Müller and Tanja Stadler show that the Basel influenza epidemic was driven by repeated introductions and that age is an important factor underlying spread within local transmission networks. The full external pagepaper is available in PLOS Pathogens.
The team's findings have been highlighted in an external pageinterview (in German) by Tanja in the Badische Zeitung, in an external pagearticle (in English) by EurekAlert! from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and in another external pageartice (in German) by swissinfo.ch.