Reconstruction of the Genomes of Drug-Resistant Pathogens for Outbreak Investigation through Metagenomic Sequencing

Andre Mu; Jason C Kwong; Nicole S Isles; Anders Goncalves da Silva; Mark B Schultz; Susan A Ballard; Courtney R Lane; Glen P Carter; Deborah A Williamson; Torsten Seemann; Timothy P Stinear; Benjamin P Howden

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Reconstruction of the Genomes of Drug-Resistant Pathogens for Outbreak Investigation through Metagenomic Sequencing

Andre Mu, Jason C Kwong, Nicole S Isles, Anders Goncalves da Silva, Mark B Schultz, Susan A Ballard, Courtney R Lane, Glen P Carter, Deborah A Williamson, Torsten Seemann, Timothy P Stinear, Benjamin P Howden

mSphere | AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY | Published : 2019

DOI: 10.1128/mSphere.00529-18

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Torsten Seemann Author Microbiology and Immunology

Ben Howden Author Microbiology and Immunology

Jason Kwong Author Microbiology and Immunology

Anders Goncalves Da Silva Author Microbiology and Immunology

Glen Carter Author Microbiology and Immunology

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Funding Acknowledgements

DThis research was supported by grants from the Austin Medical Research Foundation and the CASS Foundation (reference no. 7113). J.C.K. (GNT1142613 and Centre for Research Excellence in Emerging Infectious Diseases GNT1102962), T.P.S. (GNT1008549), and B.P.H. (GNT1105905) are supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia.