Investigation of disease outbreaks with genome sequencing : The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Investigation of disease outbreaks with genome sequencing : The Lancet Infectious Diseases

The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Early Online Publication, 15 November 2012

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Investigation of disease outbreaks with genome sequencing

Jennifer L Gardy a

In The Lancet Infectious Diseases , Timothy Walker and colleagues 1 describe an innovative epidemiological analysis of several Mycobacterium tuberculosis outbreaks that would surely have John Snow agog. In 1854, Snow was one of the earliest people to apply epidemiological techniques to a communicable disease outbreak 2 —as commemorated with a memorial plaque, a statue, and a pub bearing Snow's name in London, UK. Since then, outbreaks have largely been investigated with the principles that he establishe ...