Whole-genome-based Mycobacterium tuberculosis surveillance: A standardized, portable, and expandable approach

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2479-2486

  Kohl, Thomas A ^a   Diel, Roland ^b   Harmsen, Dag ^c   Rothgänger, Jörg ^d   Meywald Walter, Karen ^e   Merker, Matthias ^a   Weniger, Thomas ^d   Niemann, Stefan ^a,f  

^a RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d Ridom GmbH   (Germany)

^e Public Health Department Hamburg Central   (Germany)

^f German Center for Infection Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORE GENOME MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STANDARDIZATION; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; YOUNG ADULT; BACTERIAL GENOME; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFTWARE; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903792383     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00567-14     Document Type: Article

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