Contact investigations for outbreaks of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Advances through whole genome sequencing
The control of tuberculosis depends on the identification and treatment of infectious patients and their contacts, who are currently identified through a combined approach of genotyping and epidemiological investigation. However, epidemiological data are often challenging to obtain, and genotyping d...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2013
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