Whole-Genome Sequencing: Opportunities and Challenges for Public Health, Food-borne Outbreak Investigations, and the Global Food Supply

J Infect Dis. 2016 Feb 15;213(4):499-501. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiv298. Epub 2015 May 20.

Author

Affiliation

¹ Communicable and Environmental Diseases and Emergency Preparedness, Tennessee Department of Health, Nashville.

PMID: 25995195
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiv298

No abstract available

Keywords: PFGE; Salmonella; global food supply; outbreak investigation; public health; whole-genome sequencing.

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Animals
Disease Outbreaks*
Foodborne Diseases / epidemiology*
Humans
Salmonella Infections / epidemiology*
Salmonella enterica / classification*
Salmonella enterica / isolation & purification*