Same-day diagnostic and surveillance data for tuberculosis via whole genome sequencing of direct respiratory samples
<p>Routine full characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) is culture based, taking many weeks. Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) can generate antibiotic susceptibility profiles to inform treatment, augmented with strain information for global surveillance; such data could be transformati...
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American Society for Microbiology
2017
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