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Microevolution of Monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium during Epidemic, United Kingdom, 2005-2010.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Apr 2016
Petrovska Liljana, Mather Alison E, AbuOun Manal, Branchu Priscilla, Harris Simon R, Connor Thomas, Hopkins K L, Underwood A, Lettini Antonia A, Page Andrew, Bagnall Mary, Wain John, Parkhill Julian, Dougan Gordon, Davies Robert, Kingsley Robert A
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Microevolution associated with emergence and expansion of new epidemic clones of bacterial pathogens holds the key to epidemiologic success. To determine microevolution associated with monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium during an epidemic, we performed comparative whole-genome sequencing and phylogenomic analysis of isolates from the United Kingdom and Italy during 2005-2012. These isolates formed a single clade...
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