2013-02-12Zeitschriftenartikel
Whole Genome Sequencing versus Traditional Genotyping for Investigation of a Mycobacterium tuberculosis Outbreak: A Longitudinal Molecular Epidemiological Study
Roetzer, Andreas; Diel, Roland; Kohl, Thomas A.; Rückert, Christian; Nübel, Ulrich; Blom, Jochen; Wirth, Thierry; Jaenicke, Sebastian; Schuback, Sieglinde; Rüsch-Gerdes, Sabine; Supply, Philip; Kalinowski, Jörn; Niemann, Stefan
Background: Understanding Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) transmission is essential to guide efficient tuberculosis control strategies. Traditional strain typing lacks sufficient discriminatory power to resolve large ...
