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Whole-genome sequencing to delineate Mycobacterium tuberculosis outbreaks: a retrospective observational study

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis incidence in the UK has risen in the past decade. Disease control depends on epidemiological data, which can be difficult to obtain. Whole-genome sequencing can detect microevolution within Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains. We aimed to estimate the genetic diversity of rel...

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Autores principales: Walker, Timothy M, Ip, Camilla LC, Harrell, Ruth H, Evans, Jason T, Kapatai, Georgia, Dedicoat, Martin J, Eyre, David W, Wilson, Daniel J, Hawkey, Peter M, Crook, Derrick W, Parkhill, Julian, Harris, David, Walker, A Sarah, Bowden, Rory, Monk, Philip, Smith, E Grace, Peto, Tim EA
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Science ;, The Lancet Pub. Group 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3556524/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23158499
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(12)70277-3