Whole-genome sequencing to determine transmission of Neisseria gonorrhoeae: an observational study

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1295-1303

  De Silva, Dilrini ^a,b,c   Peters, Joanna ^d,f   Cole, Kevin ^e,f   Cole, Michelle J ^f   Cresswell, Fiona ^e   Dean, Gillian ^e   Dave, Jayshree ^f   Thomas, Daniel Rh ^g   Foster, Kirsty ^f   Waldram, Alison ^f   Wilson, Daniel J ^a,b   Didelot, Xavier ^h   Grad, Yonatan H ^i,j   Crook, Derrick W ^a,b,c,f   Peto, Tim E A ^a,b,c   Walker, A Sarah ^a,b,c   Paul, John ^b,e,f   Eyre, David W ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b and University of Bristol   (United Kingdom)

^c Oxford National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e UK   (United Kingdom)

^f PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^g PUBLIC HEALTH WALES   (United Kingdom)

^h IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^j BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFIXIME; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ALLELE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UNITED KINGDOM; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ALLELES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFIXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN RESISTANCE; CEPHALOSPORINS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84994893410     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(16)30157-8     Document Type: Article

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