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. 2014 Apr;60(4):586-8.
doi: 10.1373/clinchem.2013.217141. Epub 2014 Jan 7.

What's your subtype? The epidemiologic utility of bacterial whole-genome sequencing

Thomas J Sandora  1 , Peter Gerner-Smidt, Alexander J McAdam
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What's your subtype? The epidemiologic utility of bacterial whole-genome sequencing

Thomas J Sandora et al. Clin Chem. 2014 Apr.
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