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. 2015 Jul 30;16(1):155.
doi: 10.1186/s13059-015-0726-x.

Real-time digital pathogen surveillance - the time is now

Jennifer Gardy  1 , Nicholas J Loman  2 , Andrew Rambaut  3
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Real-time digital pathogen surveillance - the time is now

Jennifer Gardy et al. Genome Biol. .

Abstract

It is time to shake up public health surveillance. New technologies for sequencing, aided by friction-free approaches to data sharing, could have an impact on public health efforts.

Keywords: Ebola; Real-time whole-genome sequencing; Salmonella; Surveillance.

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