From molecular to genomic epidemiology: Transforming surveillance and control of infectious diseases

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Struelens, M J ^a   Brisse, S ^b  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDITORIAL; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS VARIABLE NUMBER TANDEM REPEAT ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING;

EID: 84873847270     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/ese.18.04.20386-en     Document Type: Editorial

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