Use of Whole-genome Sequencing in a Tuberculosis Outbreak among Young Immigrants in a Japanese Language School, 2024
WGS is useful in distinguishing outbreak-related cases from coincidentally found ones in TB outbreak investigations.
Authors
- Satoshi Mitarai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3033-2332)
- R. M. Sonoda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3921-1939)
- Masaki Ota (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3539-4535)
- Seiji Koga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7726-0802)
- Mayumi Watanabe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7233-9626)
- Susumu Hirao
- Masaki Inoue (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4016-6879)
- Yoshiro Murase (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0240-8352)
- Yoshika Shimokawa
- Kaori Tsuzaki
- Chie Hanatate
Institutions
- Japan Anti Tuberculosis Association (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Mycobacteriology
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4103/ijmy.ijmy_46_25
- Primary Topic
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00