The relationship between transmission time and clustering methods in Mycobacterium tuberculosis epidemiologyResearch in context

The relationship between transmission time and clustering methods in Mycobacterium tuberculosis epidemiologyResearch in context

Background: Tracking recent transmission is a vital part of controlling widespread pathogens such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Multiple methods with specific performance characteristics exist for detecting recent transmission chains, usually by clustering strains based on genotype similarities. Wi...

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Main Authors: Conor J. Meehan, Pieter Moris, Thomas A. Kohl, Jūlija Pečerska, Suriya Akter, Matthias Merker, Christian Utpatel, Patrick Beckert, Florian Gehre, Pauline Lempens, Tanja Stadler, Michel K. Kaswa, Denise Kühnert, Stefan Niemann, Bouke C. de Jong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-11-01
Series:EBioMedicine
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352396418304249

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