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SeroBA: rapid high-throughput serotyping of Streptococcus pneumoniae from whole genome sequence data.
Microbial genomics - 1 Jul 2018
Epping Lennard, van Tonder Andries J, Gladstone Rebecca A, The Global Pneumococcal Sequencing Consortium, Bentley Stephen D, Page Andrew J, Keane Jacqueline A
Abstract excerpt
Streptococcus pneumoniae is responsible for 240 000-460 000 deaths in children under 5 years of age each year. Accurate identification of pneumococcal serotypes is important for tracking the distribution and evolution of serotypes following the introduction of effective vaccines. Recent efforts have been made to infer serotypes directly from genomic data but current software approaches are limited and do not...
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