Enhanced tuberculosis outbreak investigation using whole genome sequencing and IGRA

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 276-279

  Smit, Pieter W ^a,b   Vasankari, Tuula ^c,d   Aaltonen, Hanna ^c   Haanperä, Marjo ^b   Casali, Nicola ^e,f   Marttila, Harri ^c   Marttila, Jane ^g   Ojanen, Päivi ^c   Ruohola, Aino ^c   Ruutu, Petri ^b   Drobniewski, Francis ^e,f,h   Lyytikäinen, Outi ^b   Soini, Hanna ^b  

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

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d Finnish Lung Health Association   (Finland)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g Oral Health   (Finland)

^h HPA National Mycobacterium Reference Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CENTRAL EUROPEAN; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAST AFRICAN; EPIDEMIC; FINLAND; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIAL INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE UNIT; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS TEST KIT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOCIAL NETWORK; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; PROCEDURES; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920607094     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00125914     Document Type: Letter

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