Countrywide implementation of whole genome sequencing: an opportunity to improve tuberculosis management, surveillance and contact tracing in low incidence countries

Andrea Maurizio Cabibbe, Alberto Trovato, Maria Rosaria De Filippo, Arash Ghodousi, Laura Rindi, Carlo Garzelli, Simonetta Baretti, Guendalina Allodi, Roberta Mannino, Gian Maria Rossolini, Alessandro Bartoloni, Enrico Tortoli, Daniela Maria Cirillo

Source: Eur Respir J, 51 (6) 1800387; 10.1183/13993003.00387-2018
Journal Issue: June
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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