Routine Use of Microbial Whole Genome Sequencing in Diagnostic and Public Health Microbiology

Claudio U. Köser; Matthew J. Ellington; Edward J. P. Cartwright; Stephen H. Gillespie; Nicholas M. Brown; Mark Farrington; Matthew T. G. Holden; Gordon Dougan; Stephen D. Bentley; Julian Parkhill; Sharon J. Peacock

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1002824

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Routine Use of Microbial Whole Genome Sequencing in Diagnostic and Public Health Microbiology

Claudio U. Köser ,

* E-mail: cuk21@cam.ac.uk

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Clinical Microbiology and Public Health Laboratory, Health Protection Agency Microbiology Services, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Matthew J. Ellington,

Affiliation Clinical Microbiology and Public Health Laboratory, Health Protection Agency Microbiology Services, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Edward J. P. Cartwright,

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Clinical Microbiology and Public Health Laboratory, Health Protection Agency Microbiology Services, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Stephen H. Gillespie,

Affiliation The Medical School University of St. Andrews, North Haugh, St. Andrews Fife, United Kingdom
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Nicholas M. Brown,

Affiliation Clinical Microbiology and Public Health Laboratory, Health Protection Agency Microbiology Services, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Mark Farrington,

Affiliation Clinical Microbiology and Public Health Laboratory, Health Protection Agency Microbiology Services, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Matthew T. G. Holden,

Affiliation The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Gordon Dougan,

Affiliation The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Stephen D. Bentley,

Affiliation The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Julian Parkhill,

Affiliation The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Sharon J. Peacock

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Clinical Microbiology and Public Health Laboratory, Health Protection Agency Microbiology Services, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Routine Use of Microbial Whole Genome Sequencing in Diagnostic and Public Health Microbiology

Claudio U. Köser,
Matthew J. Ellington,
Edward J. P. Cartwright,
Stephen H. Gillespie,
Nicholas M. Brown,
Mark Farrington,
Matthew T. G. Holden,
Gordon Dougan,
Stephen D. Bentley,
Julian Parkhill

Published: August 2, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1002824

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