Accuracy of whole-genome sequencing to determine recent tuberculosis transmission: an 11-year population-based study in Hamburg, Germany
Year: 2019
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: WGS typing with a five-SNP c:d:ut-off delineates recent transmission chains with highest accuracy and also provides high-resolution resistance patterns, thus enabling direct clinical benefitshttp://bit.ly/2Pk37Wo
Source: European Respiratory Journal
Authors: Roland Diel, Thomas A. Kohl, Florian P. Maurer, Matthias Merker, Karen Meywald Walter, Jörg Hannemann, Albert Nienhaus, Philip Supply, Stefan Niemann
Institutions: Berufsgenossenschaft für Gesundheitsdienst und Wohlfahrtspflege, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, German Center for Infection Research, Research Center Borstel - Leibniz Lung Center, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Inserm, Université de Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, Université Lille Nord de France
Language: English
Subfield: Infectious Diseases
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Funder: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
OpenAlex ID: W2970043508