1. Prospective Whole-Genome Sequencing in Tuberculosis Outbreak Investigation, France, 2017–2018
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Charlotte Genestet, Caroline Tatai, Jean-Luc Berland, Jean-Baptiste Claude, Emilie Westeel, Elisabeth Hodille, Isabelle Fredenucci, Jean-Philippe Rasigade, Michael Ponsoda, Véronique Jacomo, Anne Vachée, Alice Gaudart, Jean-Louis Gaillard, Anne-Laure Roux, Florence Ader, Karim Tararbit, Garance Terpant, Juliet E. Bryant, Gérard Lina, and Oana Dumitrescu
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Tuberculosis ,Mycobacterium tuberculosis ,epidemiologic monitoring ,disease outbreaks ,whole-genome sequencing ,drug susceptibility ,Medicine ,Infectious and parasitic diseases ,RC109-216 - Abstract
During June 2017–April 2018, active tuberculosis with Beijing SIT1 isolates was diagnosed in 14 persons living in 4 distant cities in France. Whole-genome sequencing indicated that these patients belonged to a single transmission chain. Whole-genome sequencing–based laboratory investigations enabled prompt tracing of linked cases to improve tuberculosis control.
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- 2019
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