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Whole genome sequencing of Salmonella Typhimurium illuminates distinct outbreaks caused by an endemic multi-locus variable number tandem repeat analysis type in Australia, 2014.
BMC microbiology - 15 Sept 2016
Phillips Anastasia, Sotomayor Cristina, Wang Qinning, Holmes Nadine, Furlong Catriona, Ward Kate, Howard Peter, Octavia Sophie, Lan Ruiting, Sintchenko Vitali
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BACKGROUND: Salmonella Typhimurium (STM) is an important cause of foodborne outbreaks worldwide. Subtyping of STM remains critical to outbreak investigation, yet current techniques (e.g. multilocus variable number tandem repeat analysis, MLVA) may provide insufficient discrimination. Whole genome sequencing (WGS) offers potentially greater discriminatory power to support infectious disease surveillance. METHODS:...
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