EUSeqMyTB to set standards and build capacity for whole genome sequencing for tuberculosis in the EU

Lancet Infect Dis. 2018 Apr;18(4):377. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30132-4. Epub 2018 Mar 21.

Authors

Elisa Tagliani¹, Daniela Maria Cirillo¹, Csaba Ködmön², Marieke J van der Werf³; EUSeqMyTB Consortium

Collaborators

EUSeqMyTB Consortium:
Richard Anthony, Dick van Soolingen, Stefan Niemann, Vlad Nikolayevskyy

Affiliations

¹ Emerging Bacterial Pathogens Unit, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
² European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden.
³ European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden. Electronic address: marieke.vanderwerf@ecdc.europa.eu.

PMID: 29582760
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30132-4

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Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Africa
Capacity Building
Europe
Humans
Mycobacterium tuberculosis / genetics*
Tuberculosis*
Whole Genome Sequencing