Evaluation of Rapid Library Preparation Protocols for Whole Genome Sequencing Based Outbreak Investigation

• Main Authors: Helena M. B. Seth-Smith (Author), Ferdinando Bonfiglio (Author), Aline Cuénod (Author), Josiane Reist (Author), Adrian Egli (Author), Daniel Wüthrich (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Whole genome sequencing (WGS) has become the new gold standard for bacterial outbreak investigation, due to the high resolution available for typing. While sequencing is currently predominantly performed on Illumina devices, the preceding library preparation can be performed using various protocols....