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Operational burden of implementing Salmonella Enteritidis and Typhimurium cluster detection using whole genome sequencing surveillance data in England: a retrospective assessment.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 Aug 2018
Mook Piers, Gardiner Daniel, Verlander Neville Q, McCormick Jacquelyn, Usdin Martine, Crook Paul, Jenkins Claire, Dallman Timothy J
Abstract excerpt
Since April 2014 all presumptive Salmonella isolates received by Public Health England (PHE) have been characterised using whole genome sequencing (WGS) and the genomic data generated used to identify clusters of infection. To inform the implementation and development of a national gastrointestinal infection surveillance system based on WGS we have retrospectively identified genetically related clusters of...
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