Evaluation of whole-genome sequencing for outbreak detection of Verotoxigenic Escherichia coli O157:H7 from the Canadian perspective

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[2] Heir E(2006)PulseNet USA: a five-year update Foodborne Pathog Dis 3 9-261

[3] Gjernes E(2013)Overview of molecular typing methods for outbreak detection and epidemiological surveillance Eur Secur 18 20380-875

[4] Vardund T(2013)Development and application of MLVA methods as a tool for inter-laboratory surveillance Eur Secur 18 20565-30

[5] Kapperud G(2016)The impact of multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis on PulseNet Canada Escherichia coli O157: H7 laboratory surveillance and outbreak support, 2008–2012 Foodborne Pathog Dis 13 255-312

[6] Gerner-Smidt P(2010)Pulsed field gel electrophoresis: a review of application and interpretation in the molecular epidemiology of infectious disease Infect Genet Evol 10 866-3573

[7] Hise K(2013)Public health genomics and the new molecular epidemiology of bacterial pathogens Public Health Genom 16 25-5397

[8] Kincaid J(2015)Whole-genome sequencing for national surveillance of Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli O157 Clin Infect Dis 61 305-940

[9] Hunter S(2015)Utility of whole-genome sequencing of Escherichia coli O157 for outbreak detection and epidemiological surveillance J Clin Microbiol 53 3565-131

[10] Rolando S(2003)Multilocus variable-number tandem repeat analysis distinguishes outbreak and sporadic Escherichia coli O157:H7 isolates J Clin Microbiol 41 5389-51

[1] Lindstedt B(2003)DNA fingerprinting of Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli O157 based on multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeats analysis (MLVA) Ann Clin Microb Anti 2 12-19

[2] Heir E(2006)PulseNet USA: a five-year update Foodborne Pathog Dis 3 9-261

[3] Gjernes E(2013)Overview of molecular typing methods for outbreak detection and epidemiological surveillance Eur Secur 18 20380-875

[4] Vardund T(2013)Development and application of MLVA methods as a tool for inter-laboratory surveillance Eur Secur 18 20565-30

[5] Kapperud G(2016)The impact of multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis on PulseNet Canada Escherichia coli O157: H7 laboratory surveillance and outbreak support, 2008–2012 Foodborne Pathog Dis 13 255-312

[6] Gerner-Smidt P(2010)Pulsed field gel electrophoresis: a review of application and interpretation in the molecular epidemiology of infectious disease Infect Genet Evol 10 866-3573

[7] Hise K(2013)Public health genomics and the new molecular epidemiology of bacterial pathogens Public Health Genom 16 25-5397

[8] Kincaid J(2015)Whole-genome sequencing for national surveillance of Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli O157 Clin Infect Dis 61 305-940

[9] Hunter S(2015)Utility of whole-genome sequencing of Escherichia coli O157 for outbreak detection and epidemiological surveillance J Clin Microbiol 53 3565-131

[10] Rolando S(2003)Multilocus variable-number tandem repeat analysis distinguishes outbreak and sporadic Escherichia coli O157:H7 isolates J Clin Microbiol 41 5389-51