Same-day diagnostic and surveillance data for tuberculosis via whole genome sequencing of direct respiratory samples

Routine full characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) is culture-based, taking many weeks. Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) can generate antibiotic susceptibility profiles to inform treatment, augmented with strain information for global surveillance; such data could be transformative if pro...

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Main Authors: Votintseva, Antonina A., Bradley, Phelim, Pankhurst, Louise, Elias, Carlos del Ojo, Loose, Matthew, Nilgiriwala, Kayzad, Chatterjee, Anirvan, Smith, E. Grace, Sanderson, Nicolas, Walker, Timothy M., Morgan, Marcus R., Wyllie, David H., Walker, A. Sarah, Peto, Tim E.A., Crook, Derrick W., Iqbal, Zamin
Format: Article
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2017
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/40955/