Whole genome sequencing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: current standards and open issues

Whole genome sequencing (WGS) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis has rapidly progressed from a research tool to a clinical application for the diagnosis and management of tuberculosis and in public health surveillance. This development has been facilitated by drastic drops in cost, advances in technology...

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Published in:	Nature reviews. Microbiology Vol. 17; no. 9; pp. 533 - 545
Main Authors:	Meehan, Conor J, Goig, Galo A, Kohl, Thomas A, Verboven, Lennert, Dippenaar, Anzaan, Ezewudo, Matthew, Farhat, Maha R, Guthrie, Jennifer L, Laukens, Kris, Miotto, Paolo, Ofori-Anyinam, Boatema, Dreyer, Viola, Supply, Philip, Suresh, Anita, Utpatel, Christian, van Soolingen, Dick, Zhou, Yang, Ashton, Philip M, Brites, Daniela, Cabibbe, Andrea M, de Jong, Bouke C, de Vos, Margaretha, Menardo, Fabrizio, Gagneux, Sebastien, Gao, Qian, Heupink, Tim H, Liu, Qingyun, Loiseau, Chloé, Rigouts, Leen, Rodwell, Timothy C, Tagliani, Elisa, Walker, Timothy M, Warren, Robin M, Zhao, Yanlin, Zignol, Matteo, Schito, Marco, Gardy, Jennifer, Cirillo, Daniela M, Niemann, Stefan, Comas, Inaki, Van Rie, Annelies
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Nature Publishing Group 01.09.2019
Subjects:	Bioinformatics Computational Biology - methods Computational Biology - standards Drug Resistance, Bacterial Gene sequencing Genomes Health surveillance Humans International standards Molecular Diagnostic Techniques - methods Molecular Diagnostic Techniques - standards Molecular Epidemiology - methods Molecular Epidemiology - standards Mycobacterium tuberculosis Mycobacterium tuberculosis - classification Mycobacterium tuberculosis - genetics Mycobacterium tuberculosis - isolation & purification Phylogeny Pipelines Practice Guidelines as Topic Public health Quality control Tuberculosis Tuberculosis - epidemiology Tuberculosis - microbiology Whole genome sequencing Whole Genome Sequencing - methods Whole Genome Sequencing - standards
ISSN:	1740-1526, 1740-1534, 1740-1534
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