Accuracy of whole-genome sequencing to determine recent tuberculosis transmission: an 11-year population-based study in Hamburg, Germany

Roland Diel, Thomas A. Kohl, Florian P. Maurer, Matthias Merker, Karen Meywald Walter, Jörg Hannemann, Albert Nienhaus, Philip Supply, Stefan Niemann

Source: Eur Respir J, 54 (5) 1901154; 10.1183/13993003.01154-2019
Journal Issue: November
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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