Genomic epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in New Zealand

Robyn S Lee; Torsten Seemann; Helen Heffernan; Jason C Kwong; Anders Goncalves da Silva; Glen P Carter; Rosemary Woodhouse; Kristin H Dyet; Dieter M Bulach; Timothy P Stinear; Benjamin P Howden; Deborah A Williamson

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Genomic epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in New Zealand

Robyn S Lee, Torsten Seemann, Helen Heffernan, Jason C Kwong, Anders Goncalves da Silva, Glen P Carter, Rosemary Woodhouse, Kristin H Dyet, Dieter M Bulach, Timothy P Stinear, Benjamin P Howden, Deborah A Williamson

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy | OXFORD UNIV PRESS | Published : 2018

DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkx405

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University of Melbourne Researchers

Torsten Seemann Author Microbiology and Immunology

Ben Howden Author Microbiology and Immunology

Jason Kwong Author Microbiology and Immunology

Dieter Bulach Author Microbiology and Immunology

Anders Goncalves Da Silva Author Microbiology and Immunology

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Funding Acknowledgements

R. S. L. is supported by a Fellowship from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Funding Reference Number 152448). B. P. H. has a Practitioner Fellowship from the National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia (GNT1105905). J. C. K. is supported by a postgraduate scholarship from the National Health and Medical Research Council (GNT1074824). D. A. W. is supported by an Early Career Fellowship, also from the National Health and Medical Research Council (GNT1123854). This study was funded by the Ministry of Health of New Zealand. The Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory is funded by the Victorian Government, Australia.