Linking Epidemiology and Whole-Genome Sequencing to Investigate Salmonella Outbreak, Massachusetts, USA, 2018.
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SUBMITTER: Vaughn EL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7323519 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul
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Linking Epidemiology and Whole-Genome Sequencing to Investigate Salmonella Outbreak, Massachusetts, USA, 2018.
Vaughn Eric L EL Vo Quynh T QT Vostok Johanna J Stiles Tracy T Lang Andrew A Brown Catherine M CM Klevens R Monina RM Madoff Lawrence L
Emerging infectious diseases 20200701 7
Cross-discipline collaboration among state and local health departments improved foodborne illness surveillance for a 2018 Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis outbreak in Massachusetts, USA. Prompt linking of epidemiologic and laboratory data and implementation of in-state whole-genome sequencing and analysis improved public health surveillance capacity for outbreak detection and control. ...[more]
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