Whole-genome sequencing for routine pathogen surveillance in public health: A population snapshot of invasive Staphylococcus aureus in Europe

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Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Aanensen, David M ^b,c   Feil, Edward J ^d   Holden, Matthew T G ^e,f   Dordel, Janina ^f,g   Yeats, Corin A ^b,c   Fedosejev, Artemij ^b,c   Goater, Richard ^c   Castillo Ramírez, Santiago ^h   Corander, Jukka ⁱ   Colijn, Caroline ^b   Chlebowicz, Monika A ^j   Schouls, Leo ^k   Heck, Max ^k   Pluister, Gerlinde ^k   Ruimy, Raymond ^l   Kahlmeter, Gunnar ^m   Åhman, Jenny ^m   Matuschek, Erika ^m   Friedrich, Alexander W ^j   Parkhill, Julian ^f   Bentley, Stephen D ^f   Spratt, Brian G ^b   Grundmannj, Hajo ⁿ   Krziwanek, Karina ^o   Stumvoll, Sabine ^o   Koller, Walter ^p   Denis, Olivier ^q   Struelens, Marc ^q   Nashev, Dimitr ^r   Budimir, Ana ^s   Kalenic, Smilja ^s   Pieridou Bagatzouni, Despo ^t   Jakubu, Vladislav ^u   Zemlickova, Helena ^u   Westh, Henrik ^v   Larsen, Anders Rhod ^w   Skov, Robert ^a   Laurent, Frederic ^x   Ettienne, Jerome ^x   Strommenger, Birgit ^y   Witte, Wolfgang ^y   Vourli, Sofia ^z   Vatopoulos, Alkis ^z   Vainio, Anni ^aa   Vuopio Varkila, Jaana ^aa   Fuzi, Miklos ^ab   Ungvári, Erika ^ac   Murchan, Stephan ^ad   Rossney, Angela ^ae   Miklasevics, Edvins ^af   Balode, Arta ^af   Haraldsson, Gunnsteinn ^ag   Kristinsson, Karl G ^ag   Monaco, Monica ^ah   Pantosti, Annalisa ^ah   Borg, Michael ^ai   Van Santen Verheuvel, Marga ^a   Huijsdens, Xander ^a   Marstein, Lillian ^aj   Jacobsen, Trond ^aj   Simonsen, Gunnar Skov ^ak   Airesde Sousa, Marta ^al,am   De Lencastre, Herminia ^al,an   Luczak Kadlubowska, Agnieszka ^ao   Hryniewicz, Waleria ^ao,ap   Straut, Monica ^aq   Codita, Irina ^aq   Perez Vazquez, Maria ^ar   Iglesias, Jesus Oteo ^a   Spik, Vesna Cvitkovic ^a   Mueller Premru, Manica ^a   Haeggman, Sara ^as   Olsson Liljequist, Barbro ^as   Ellington, Matthew ^at   Kearns, Angela ^at   more..

^a Imperial College London ^*

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Present address: The Centre for Genomic Pathogen Surveillance   (United Kingdom)

^d Claverton Down   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^f WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^g DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

ⁱ HELSINKI INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^j UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^k NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^l UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NICE   (France)

^m EUCAST Development Laboratory   (Sweden)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^o National Reference Centre for Nosocomial Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance   (Austria)

^p Inst fur Hyg und Med Parasitol   (Austria)

^q ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^r NATIONAL CENTER OF INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES   (Bulgaria)

^s KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^t NICOSIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Cyprus)

^u NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^v HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^w STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^x INSERM   (France)

^y ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^z National School of Pubic Health   (Greece)

^aa NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^ab SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^ac NATIONAL CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Hungary)

^ad HEALTH PROTECTION SURVEILLANCE CENTRE   (Ireland)

^ae ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^af PAULS STRADINS CLINICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Latvia)

^ag LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^ah ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^ai MATER DEI HOSPITAL   (Malta)

^aj TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^ak UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^al INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^am Portuguese Red Cross Higher Health School   (Portugal)

^an ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ao Centre of Quality Control in Microbiology   (Poland)

^ap NATIONAL MEDICINES INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^aq CANTACUZINO INSTITUTE   (Romania)

^ar INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^as SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^at PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DAPTOMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; MOXIFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; TIGECYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOINFORMATICS; CLONE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PREDICTION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EUROPE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENOME ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INVASIVE SPECIES; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIABILITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING; BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PROCEDURES; SOFTWARE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; EUROPE; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOFTWARE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84978959412     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00444-16     Document Type: Article

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