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  • Computational Biology
  • Evolutionary Biology

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  • Phylodynamics is crucial for understanding infectious disease transmission but lacks clear guidelines on optimal data and sampling strategies.
  • Pathogen genome sequences and sampling times are fundamental data sources for phylodynamic inference under birth-death-sampling models.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce a method for visualizing and quantifying the impact of sequence data and sampling times on phylodynamic inference.
  • To provide insights into fundamental trade-offs and guidelines for optimizing phylodynamic analyses.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a method to visualize and quantify the relative impact of pathogen genome sequence and sampling times.
  • Applied the method to simulated data and real-world SARS-CoV-2 and H1N1 Influenza data.

Main Results:

  • Demonstrated how sequence data and sampling times differentially drive phylodynamic inference.
  • Provided insights into the trade-offs inherent in phylodynamic data collection and analysis.

Conclusions:

  • Phylodynamics is a vital tool for future infectious disease threat responses.
  • Further research into data requirements and inference trade-offs will enhance the efficiency and targeting of phylodynamic tools.