Prospective use of whole genome sequencing (WGS) detected a multi-country outbreak of<i>Salmonella</i>Enteritidis

Inns, Thomas; Ashton, Philip; HERRERA-LEON, S.; Lighthill, Jonathan; Foulkes, Sarah; Jombart, Thibaut; Rehman, Yasmin; J. Fox, Andrew; J. Dallman, Timothy; de Pinna, Elizabeth; Browning, Lynda; Coia, John; Edeghere, Obaghe; Vivancos, Roberto

doi:10.1017/s0950268816001941

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Prospective use of whole genome sequencing (WGS) detected a multi-country outbreak ofSalmonellaEnteritidis

Published in Epidemiology and Infection • Oct 26, 2016

Authors:

Thomas Inns

Philip Ashton

S. HERRERA-LEON

Abstract

Since April 2015, whole genome sequencing (WGS) has been the routine test for Salmonella identification, surveillance and outbreak investigation at the national reference laboratory in England and Wales. In May 2015, an outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis cases was detected using WGS data and investi...

Subject

Outbreak

Salmonella

Salmonella enteritidis

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