Countrywide implementation of whole genome sequencing: an opportunity to improve tuberculosis management, surveillance and contact tracing in low incidence countries

Eur Respir J. 2018 Jun 28;51(6):1800387. doi: 10.1183/13993003.00387-2018. Print 2018 Jun.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Multicenter Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Contact Tracing*
  • Early Diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Italy / epidemiology
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / genetics*
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification
  • Tuberculosis / diagnosis
  • Tuberculosis / epidemiology*
  • Tuberculosis / transmission
  • Whole Genome Sequencing*