Investigation of disease outbreaks with genome sequencing

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 101-102

  Gardy, Jennifer L ^a  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; EPIDEMIC; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LETTER; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TUBERCULOSIS;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84872594707     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(12)70295-5     Document Type: Letter

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