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SUBMITTER: Genestet C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6390740 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Genestet Charlotte C Tatai Caroline C Berland Jean-Luc JL Claude Jean-Baptiste JB Westeel Emilie E Hodille Elisabeth E Fredenucci Isabelle I Rasigade Jean-Philippe JP Ponsoda Michael M Jacomo Véronique V Vachée Anne A Gaudart Alice A Gaillard Jean-Louis JL Roux Anne-Laure AL Ader Florence F Tararbit Karim K Terpant Garance G Bryant Juliet E JE Lina Gérard G Dumitrescu Oana O
Emerging infectious diseases 20190301 3
During June 2017-April 2018, active tuberculosis with Beijing SIT1 isolates was diagnosed in 14 persons living in 4 distant cities in France. Whole-genome sequencing indicated that these patients belonged to a single transmission chain. Whole-genome sequencing-based laboratory investigations enabled prompt tracing of linked cases to improve tuberculosis control. ...[more]