Using Whole-genome Sequencing to Determine the Timing of Secondary Tuberculosis in British Columbia, Canada
Open Access
- 2 August 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 73 (3), 535-537
- https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa1224
Abstract
Combined with epidemiological data, whole-genome sequencing (WGS) can help better resolve individual tuberculosis (TB) transmission events to a degree not possible with traditional genotyping. We combine WGS data with patient-level data to calculate the timing of secondary TB among contacts of people diagnosed with active TB in British Columbia, Canada.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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