Resolving a neonatal intensive care unit outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus to the SNV level using Oxford Nanopore simplex reads and HERRO error correction
Max Bloomfield, Sarah Bakker, Megan Burton, M. Leticia Castro, Kristin H. Dyet, Alexandra Eustace, Samantha Hutton, Donia P Macartney-Coxson, William Taylor, Rhys T. White
This paper applies HERRO error correction to Oxford Nanopore sequencing data to resolve a neonatal ICU MRSA outbreak at the SNV level, achieving results comparable to Illumina sequencing.
Journal of Hospital Infection · Jun 24, 2025Peer-reviewedGenomics