Genomics and outbreak investigation: From sequence to consequence

Genome Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Robinson, Esther R ^a   Walker, Timothy M ^b   Pallen, Mark J ^c  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CHOLERA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOMICS; HEPATITIS B; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA H7N9; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MEASLES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 84876743968     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1756994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gm440     Document Type: Review

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