Chapter 7. Whole-Genome Sequencing for Rapid and Accurate Identification of Bacterial Transmission Pathways

• Published in: Methods in microbiology Vol. 41; pp. 123 - 152
• Main Authors: Harris, Simon R, Okoro, Chinyere K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.01.2014
• Subjects: Bacteria

The advent of DNA sequencing technologies with the capability to sequence the entire genomes of large numbers of bacteria in clinically relevant timescales has opened up the opportunity of using whole-genome sequencing as an epidemiological tool. With costs of sequencing also reducing, we are on the...