Tracing Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission by whole genome sequencing in a high incidence setting: A retrospective population-based study in East Greenland

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Bjorn Mortensen, K ^a,b,c   Soborg, B ^a   Koch, A ^a   Ladefoged, K ^d   Merker, M ^e,f   Lillebaek, T ^a   Andersen, A B ^c,g   Niemann, S ^e,f   Kohl, T A ^e  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENLAND   (Greenland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d Queen Ingrid's Hospital   (Greenland)

^e RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^f Research Center Borstel   (Germany)

^g Copenhagen University Hospital ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GREENLAND; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSMISSION; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GREENLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84987678185     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep33180     Document Type: Article

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