Improving tuberculosis surveillance by detecting international transmission using publicly available whole genome sequencing data

ConclusionWe demonstrated the added value of using WGS raw data from public repositories to contribute to TB surveillance. Comparing the German with the public dataset, we identified potential international transmission events. Thus, using this approach might support the interpretation of national surveillance results in an international context.

Source: Eurosurveillance - January 14, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Andrea Sanchini, Christine Jandrasits, Julius Tembrockhaus, Thomas Andreas Kohl, Christian Utpatel, Florian P Maurer, Stefan Niemann, Walter Haas, Bernhard Y Renard and Stefan Kr öger Source Type: research