Genomic diversity of hospital-acquired infections revealed through prospective whole genome sequencing-based surveillance
M. M. Mustapha, V. R. Srinivasa, M. P. Griffith, S.-T. Cho, D. R. Evans, K. Waggle, C. Ezeonwuka, D. Snyder, J. W. Marsh, L. H. Harrison, V. S. Cooper, D. Van Tyne
This study uses whole-genome sequencing to analyze 3,004 bacterial isolates from hospitalized patients, revealing genomic diversity and evolutionary rates across 97 species and informing outbreak detection.
bioRxiv · Oct 27, 2021Microbiology