Whole-genome sequencing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis for rapid diagnostics: Feasibility of a decentralised model

The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2016, Pages e13-e14

  Martinez, Elena ^a   Bustamante, Andrea ^a   Menon, Ranjeeta ^a   Wang, Qinning ^a   Jelfs, Peter ^a   Marais, Ben ^a   Chen, Sharon C A ^a   Sintchenko, Vitali ^a  

^a University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DNA EXTRACTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; LIQUID CULTURE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; TUBERCULOSIS; TURNAROUND TIME; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING; BACTERIAL GENOME; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS;

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84963626619     PISSN: 22132600     EISSN: 22132619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2213-2600(16)00092-8     Document Type: Letter

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