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ArticleComputer methods and programs in biomedicine2016

Multidimensional scaling analysis of virus diseases.

António M Lopes, José P Andrade, J A Tenreiro Machado

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Article in Computer methods and programs in biomedicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

António M LopesUISPA-LAETA/INEGI, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal. Electronic address: aml@fe.up.pt.
José P AndradeDepartment of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Alameda Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal.
J A Tenreiro MachadoInstitute of Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering, Polytechnic of Porto, Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida, 431, 4249-015 Porto, Portugal.
Institute of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Mangement · PTPolytechnic Institute of Porto · PTUniversidade do Porto · PT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

objectiveViruses are infectious agents that replicate inside organisms and reveal a plethora of distinct characteristics. Viral infections spread in many ways, but often have devastating consequences and represent a huge danger for public health. It is important to design statistical and computational techniques capable of handling the available data and highlighting the most important features.

methodsThis paper reviews the quantitative and qualitative behaviour of 22 infectious diseases caused by viruses. The information is compared and visualized by means of the multidimensional scaling technique.

resultsThe results are robust to uncertainties in the data and revealed to be consistent with clinical practice.

conclusionsThe paper shows that the proposed methodology may represent a solid mathematical tool to tackle a larger number of virus and additional information about these infectious agents.

Indexed as

Cluster AnalysisHumansPublic HealthVirus DiseasesClusteringMultidimensional scalingVirus diseases

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PMID27265052
PMCPMC7114580
OpenAlexW2327688165

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