Research and implementation of a whole-genome sequencing surveillance system for outbreak detection

• Main Authors: Alexander Sundermann (Author), Marissa Griffith (Author), Vatsala Rangachar Srinivasa (Author), Kady Waggle (Author), Melissa Saul (Author), Ashley Ayres (Author), Graham Snyder (Author), Jane Marsh (Author), Lee Harrison (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Cambridge University Press, 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Traditional infection prevention (IP) methods for outbreak detection often rely on geotemporal clustering confined to single locations. We recently developed the Enhanced Detection System for Healthcare-Associated Transmission (EDS-HAT), which combines whole-genome sequencing (WGS) surve...