Use of a whole genome sequencing-based approach for Mycobacterium tuberculosis surveillance in Europe in 2017–2019: an ECDC pilot study

Elisa Tagliani, Richard Anthony, Thomas A. Kohl, Albert de Neeling, Vlad Nikolayevskyy, Csaba Ködmön, Florian P. Maurer, Stefan Niemann, Dick van Soolingen, Marieke J. van der Werf, Daniela Maria Cirillo

Source: Eur Respir J, 57 (1) 2002272; 10.1183/13993003.02272-2020
Journal Issue: January
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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