Whole-Genome Sequencing for Routine Pathogen Surveillance in Public Health: a Population Snapshot of Invasive Staphylococcus aureus in Europe

The implementation of routine whole-genome sequencing (WGS) promises to transform our ability to monitor the emergence and spread of bacterial pathogens. Here we combined WGS data from 308 invasive Staphylococcus aureus isolates corresponding to a pan-European population snapshot, with epidemiologic...

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Main Authors: David M. Aanensen, Edward J. Feil, Matthew T. G. Holden, Janina Dordel, Corin A. Yeats, Artemij Fedosejev, Richard Goater, Santiago Castillo-Ramírez, Jukka Corander, Caroline Colijn, Monika A. Chlebowicz, Leo Schouls, Max Heck, Gerlinde Pluister, Raymond Ruimy, Gunnar Kahlmeter, Jenny íÅhman, Erika Matuschek, Alexander W. Friedrich, Julian Parkhill, Stephen D. Bentley, Brian G. Spratt, Hajo Grundmann, Helmut Mittermayer, Karina Krziwanek, Sabine Stumvoll, Walter Koller, Olivier Denis, Marc Struelens, Dimitr Nashev, Ana Budimir, Smilja Kalenic, Despo Pieridou-Bagatzouni, Vladislav Jakubu, Helena Zemlickova, Henrik Westh, Anders Rhod Larsen, Robert Skov, Frederic Laurent, Jerome Ettienne, Birgit Strommenger, Wolfgang Witte, Sofia Vourli, Alkis Vatopoulos, Anni Vainio, Jaana Vuopio-Varkila, Miklos Fuzi, Erika UngvíÅóóóári, Stephan Murchan, Angela Rossney, Edvins Miklasevics, Arta Balode, Gunnsteinn Haraldsson, Karl G. Kristinsson, Monica Monaco, Annalisa Pantosti, Michael Borg, Marga van Santen-Verheuvel, Xander Huijsdens, Lillian Marstein, Trond Jacobsen, Gunnar Skov Simonsen, Marta Airesde-Sousa, Herminia de Lencastre, Agnieszka Luczak-Kadlubowska, Waleria Hryniewicz, Monica Straut, Irina Codita, Maria Perez-Vazquez, Jesus Oteo Iglesias, Vesna Cvitkovic Spik, Manica Mueller-Premru, Sara Haeggman, Barbro Olsson-Liljequist, Matthew Ellington, Angela Kearns
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2016-05-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/7/3/e00444-16