Identification of infectious disease-associated host genes using machine learning techniques.

Journal: BMC bioinformatics
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: With the global spread of multidrug resistance in pathogenic microbes, infectious diseases emerge as a key public health concern of the recent time. Identification of host genes associated with infectious diseases will improve our understanding about the mechanisms behind their development and help to identify novel therapeutic targets.

Authors

  • Ranjan Kumar Barman
    Biomedical Informatics Centre, National Institute Of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
  • Anirban Mukhopadhyay
    Zuse Institute Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
  • Ujjwal Maulik
    ∥Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata-700032, West Bengal, India.
  • Santasabuj Das
    Biomedical Informatics Centre, National Institute Of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.