Microbial sequencing to improve individual and population health

Genome Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Peacock, Sharon J ^a,b   Weinstock, George M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; DNA SEQUENCE; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; GENE MUTATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INDIVIDUALITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROFLORA; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84920861234     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1756994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13073-014-0103-5     Document Type: Editorial

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