Accurate whole-genome sequencing-based epidemiological surveillance of mycobacterium tuberculosis

Methods in Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue , 2015, Pages 359-394

  Pouseele, Hannes ^a   Supply, Philip ^b,c,d,e  

^a Applied Maths ^*  (Belgium)

^b INSERM U1019   (France)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

^e Genoscreen   (France)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Epidemiology; Next generation sequencing; Outbreak; Tuberculosis; Typing; Whole genome sequencing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929590714     PISSN: 05809517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/bs.mim.2015.04.001     Document Type: Chapter

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