Machine Learning in Infectious Disease for Risk Factor Identification and Hypothesis Generation: Proof of Concept Using Invasive Candidiasis.

Lisa M MayerJeffrey R StrichSameer S KadriMichail S LionakisNicholas G EvansD Rebecca PrevotsEmily E Ricotta

Published in: Open forum infectious diseases (2022)

Known and novel risk factors for IC were identified using ML, demonstrating the hypothesis-generating utility of this approach for infectious disease conditions about which less is known, specifically at the species level or for rarer diseases.

Keyphrases

infectious diseases
machine learning
risk factors
candida albicans
artificial intelligence
big data
deep learning
bioinformatics analysis
genetic diversity