Revolutionising Public Health Reference Microbiology using Whole Genome Sequencing: Salmonella as an exemplar
Philip Ashton, Satheesh Nair, Tansy Peters, Rediat Tewolde, Martin Day, Michel Doumith, Jonathan Green, Claire Jenkins, Anthony Underwood, Catherine Arnold, Elizabeth de Pinna, Tim Dallman, Kathie Grant
This paper reports the first routine use of whole genome sequencing (WGS) for public health microbiology, demonstrating its impact on Salmonella identification, surveillance, and outbreak investigation.
bioRxiv · Nov 29, 2015 · PreprintMicrobiology