Use of whole-genome sequencing for the public health surveillance of Shigella sonnei in England and wales, 2015

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 882-884

  Dallman, Timothy J ^a   Chattaway, Marie A ^a   Mook, Piers ^a   Godbole, Gauri ^a   Crook, Paul D ^a   Jenkins, Claire ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Outbreaks; Shigella sonnei; Surveillance; Whole genome sequencing

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; ENGLAND; FOLLOW UP; GENOME; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SHIGELLOSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WALES; BACTERIAL GENOME; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; UTILIZATION;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHIGELLA SONNEI; WALES;

EID: 84986917870     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.000296     Document Type: Letter

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