Use of whole-genome sequencing for the public health surveillance of Shigella sonnei in England and Wales, 2015

J Med Microbiol. 2016 Aug;65(8):882-884. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.000296. Epub 2016 Jun 14.

Authors

Timothy J Dallman¹, Marie A Chattaway¹, Piers Mook², Gauri Godbole¹, Paul D Crook², Claire Jenkins¹

Affiliations

¹ Gastrointestinal Bacteria Reference Unit, Public Health England, London, UK.
² Field Epidemiology Service South East and London, Public Health England, London, UK.

PMID: 27302408
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.000296

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Cluster Analysis
Dysentery, Bacillary / epidemiology*
Dysentery, Bacillary / microbiology*
England / epidemiology
Female
Genetic Variation
Genome, Bacterial*
Humans
Male
Molecular Epidemiology / methods
Public Health Surveillance / methods*
Sequence Analysis, DNA / methods*
Sequence Analysis, DNA / statistics & numerical data
Shigella sonnei / classification*
Shigella sonnei / genetics*
Shigella sonnei / isolation & purification
Wales / epidemiology