The use of whole-genome sequencing in cluster investigation of a multidrug-resistant tuberculosis outbreak

Maeve K. Lalor, Nicola Casali, Timothy M. Walker, Laura F. Anderson, Jennifer A. Davidson, Natasha Ratna, Cathy Mullarkey, Mike Gent, Kirsty Foster, Tim Brown, John Magee, Anne Barrett, Derrick W. Crook, Francis Drobniewski, H. Lucy Thomas, Ibrahim Abubakar

Source: Eur Respir J, 51 (6) 1702313; 10.1183/13993003.02313-2017
Journal Issue: June
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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