Whole-genome sequencing and social-network analysis of a tuberculosis outbreak

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 364, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 730-739

  Gardy, Jennifer L ^a,b   Johnston, James C ^a   Ho Sui, Shannan J ^a,f   Cook, Victoria J ^b   Shah, Lena ^a,d   Brodkin, Elizabeth ^h   Rempel, Shirley ^a   Moore, Richard ^c   Zhao, Yongjun ^c   Holt, Robert ^c   Varhol, Richard ^c   Birol, Inanc ^c   Lem, Marcus ^e   Sharma, Meenu K ^h   Elwood, Kevin ^a,b   Jones, Steven J M ^c,g   Brinkman, Fiona S L ^f   Brunham, Robert C ^a,b   Tang, Patrick ^a,b  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c CANADA'S MICHAEL SMITH GENOME SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^e HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^f SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g FRASER HEALTH AUTHORITY   (Canada)

^h PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79951995822     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1003176     Document Type: Article

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