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Whole-genome sequencing to delineate Mycobacterium tuberculosis outbreaks: a retrospective observational study
The Lancet Infectious Diseases · 2012 · Vol. 13(2) · pp. 137–146
A Sarah Walker✉(John Radcliffe Hospital)Camilla L. C. Ip(University of Oxford)Ruth Harrell(Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust)Jason T. Evans(Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust)Georgia Kapatai(Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust)Martin Dedicoat(Heartlands Hospital)David W. Eyre(John Radcliffe Hospital)Daniel J. Wilson(John Radcliffe Hospital)Peter M. Hawkey(Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust)Derrick W. Crook(University of Oxford)Julian Parkhill(Wellcome Sanger Institute)David Harris(Wellcome Sanger Institute)A Sarah Walker(John Radcliffe Hospital)Rory Bowden(University of Oxford)Philip MonkE. Grace Smith(Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust)Tim Peto(University of Oxford)
Abstract
Medical Research Council, Wellcome Trust, National Institute for Health Research, and the Health Protection Agency.
Tuberculosis Research and EpidemiologyMycobacterium research and diagnosisInfectious Diseases and TuberculosisBiologyOutbreakMycobacterium tuberculosisTuberculosisSingle-nucleotide polymorphismGeneticsGenomeDNA sequencingGenotypeVirology
MeSH terms
Cross-Sectional StudiesDisease OutbreaksUnited KingdomHumansGenetic LinkageLongitudinal StudiesMycobacterium tuberculosisRetrospective StudiesTuberculosis, PulmonaryCluster AnalysisConfidence IntervalsGenome, BacterialSequence Analysis, DNACommunity-Acquired InfectionsTandem Repeat Sequences
Funding
- United Kingdom Clinical Research Collaboration
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Medical Research Council
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