What is it about?
Understanding changes in bacteria that cause vaccine preventable diseases is important to ensure the ongoing effectiveness of vaccines. We used whole genome sequencing technology and minimal data processing to describe variation in pertussis vaccine components in Ontario, Canada.
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Why is it important?
This approach was high throughput and can provide additional information compared to traditional laboratory methods.
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This page is a summary of: Short-Read Whole-Genome Sequencing for Laboratory-Based Surveillance of Bordetella pertussis, Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2017, ASM Journals,
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.02436-16.
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