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Investigation of Outbreaks of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium and Its Monophasic Variants Using Whole-Genome Sequencing, Denmark.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Oct 2017
Gymoese Pernille, Sørensen Gitte, Litrup Eva, Olsen John Elmerdal, Nielsen Eva Møller, Torpdahl Mia
Abstract excerpt
Whole-genome sequencing is rapidly replacing current molecular typing methods for surveillance purposes. Our study evaluates core-genome single-nucleotide polymorphism analysis for outbreak detection and linking of sources of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium and its monophasic variants during a 7-month surveillance period in Denmark. We reanalyzed and defined 8 previously characterized outbreaks from the...
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