Whole genome sequencing (WGS) for food-borne pathogen surveillance and control – Taking the pulse

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 22, Issue 23, 2017, Pages

  Moran Gilad, Jacob ^a,b,c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) Study Group for Genomic and Molecular Diagnostics (ESGMD)   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; CAMPYLOBACTER; DISEASE CONTROL; DNA SEQUENCE; EDITORIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD POISONING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING; BACTERIAL GENOME;

GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING;

EID: 85021055410     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.23.30547     Document Type: Editorial

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