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Mark M. Tanaka
Researcher at University of New South Wales
Publications - 100
Citations - 3957
Mark M. Tanaka is an academic researcher from University of New South Wales. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Mutation rate. The author has an hindex of 29, co-authored 94 publications receiving 3572 citations. Previous affiliations of Mark M. Tanaka include Stanford University & Emory University.
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Sequential Monte Carlo without likelihoods
TL;DR: This work proposes a sequential Monte Carlo sampler that convincingly overcomes inefficiencies of existing methods and demonstrates its implementation through an epidemiological study of the transmission rate of tuberculosis.
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Norovirus recombination in ORF1/ORF2 overlap.
Rowena A. Bull,Grant S. Hansman,Leighton E. Clancy,Mark M. Tanaka,William D. Rawlinson,Peter A. White +5 more
TL;DR: Evidence is provided to support the theory of the role of subgenomic RNA promoters as recombination hotspots and a simple mechanism of how recombination might occur in NoV is described.
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Recombination within the Pandemic Norovirus GII.4 Lineage
TL;DR: It is shown that recombination contributed to the emergence of the recent pandemic GII.4 variant, termed Sydney 2012, and proposed that guidelines be applied for identifying NoV recombinants.
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Using Approximate Bayesian Computation to Estimate Tuberculosis Transmission Parameters From Genotype Data
TL;DR: An approximate Bayesian computational method in combination with a stochastic model of tuberculosis transmission and mutation of a molecular marker is used to estimate the net transmission rate, the doubling time, and the reproductive value of the pathogen.
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The epidemiological fitness cost of drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
TL;DR: The transmission cost of drug resistance relative to sensitivity can be as low as 10%, that resistance evolves at rates of ≈0.0025–0.02 per case per year, and that the overall fitness of resistant strains is comparable with that of sensitive strains are found.