Dimensionality reduction for k-means clustering of large-scale influenza mutation datasets
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| author | Walden, Emilee Chen, Jiahui Wei, Guo-Wei |
| author_facet | Walden, Emilee Chen, Jiahui Wei, Guo-Wei |
| contents | Viral mutations pose significant threats to public health by increasing infectivity, strengthening vaccine resistance, and altering disease severity. To track these evolving patterns, agencies like the CDC annually evaluate thousands of virus strains, underscoring the urgent need to understand viral mutagenesis and evolution in depth. In this study, we integrate genomic analysis, clustering, and three leading dimensionality reduction approaches, namely, principal component analysis (PCA), t-distributed stochastic neighbor embedding (t-SNE), and uniform manifold approximation and projection (UMAP)-to investigate the effects of COVID-19 on influenza virus propagation. By applying these methods to extensive pre- and post-pandemic influenza datasets, we reveal how selective pressures during the pandemic have influenced the diversity of influenza genetics. Our findings indicate that combining robust dimension reduction with clustering yields critical insights into the complex dynamics of viral mutation, informing both future research directions and strategies for public health intervention. |
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| spellingShingle | Dimensionality reduction for k-means clustering of large-scale influenza mutation datasets Walden, Emilee Chen, Jiahui Wei, Guo-Wei Populations and Evolution Genomics Viral mutations pose significant threats to public health by increasing infectivity, strengthening vaccine resistance, and altering disease severity. To track these evolving patterns, agencies like the CDC annually evaluate thousands of virus strains, underscoring the urgent need to understand viral mutagenesis and evolution in depth. In this study, we integrate genomic analysis, clustering, and three leading dimensionality reduction approaches, namely, principal component analysis (PCA), t-distributed stochastic neighbor embedding (t-SNE), and uniform manifold approximation and projection (UMAP)-to investigate the effects of COVID-19 on influenza virus propagation. By applying these methods to extensive pre- and post-pandemic influenza datasets, we reveal how selective pressures during the pandemic have influenced the diversity of influenza genetics. Our findings indicate that combining robust dimension reduction with clustering yields critical insights into the complex dynamics of viral mutation, informing both future research directions and strategies for public health intervention. |
| title | Dimensionality reduction for k-means clustering of large-scale influenza mutation datasets |
| topic | Populations and Evolution Genomics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.03550 |