University of Muenster
Researchers in the US and Europe are implementing pathogen sequencing surveillance programs to track infectious diseases within hospitals.
As E. Coli Sequencing Data Accumulates, Teams Disagree on Evolutionary Origins of Outbreak Strain
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Several groups who have sequenced and analyzed the E. coli outbreak strain and related genomes disagree on the evolutionary path that led to the strain responsible for more than 50 deaths.
Ion Torrent PGM Enables Rapid Identification of New Hybrid E. coli Strain in European Outbreak
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According to Dag Harmsen, director of research at the University of Münster, the quick turnaround time of the instrument made it possible to obtain results within three days. "The biggest advantage [of the PGM] from my point of view as a public health official is that it's speedy, and speed is what is needed at the moment," he told In Sequence.