Accuracy of whole-genome sequencing to determine recent tuberculosis transmission: An 11-year population-based study in Hamburg, Germany

Roland Diel*, Thomas A. Kohl, Florian P. Maurer, Matthias Merker, Karen Meywald Walter, Jörg Hannemann, Albert Nienhaus, Philip Supply, Stefan Niemann

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21 Citations (Scopus)
Original languageEnglish
Article number1901154
JournalEuropean Respiratory Journal
Volume54
Issue number5
ISSN0903-1936
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 01.11.2019

Funding

Conflict of interest: R. Diel has nothing to disclose. T.A. Kohl has nothing to disclose. F. Maurer has nothing to disclose. M. Merker has nothing to disclose. K. Meywald Walter has nothing to disclose. J. Hannemann has nothing to disclose. A. Nienhaus has nothing to disclose. P. Supply reports consultancy for Genoscreen, during the conduct of the study. S. Niemann reports grants from German Center for Infection Research, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany`s Excellence Strategy – EXC 22167-390884018, and Leibniz Science Campus EvoLUNG, during the conduct of the study. Support statement: Parts of this work have been supported by the European Union PathoNgenTrace (FP7-278864) project, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany`s Excellence Strategy – EXC 22167-390884018, Leibniz Science Campus EvoLUNG, and the German Center for Infection Research. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. Raw sequence data (fastq files) have been used form published datasets deposited at the deposited at the European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) [7].

Research Areas and Centers

  • Academic Focus: Center for Infection and Inflammation Research (ZIEL)

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