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Whole-genome sequencing surveillance: Growing evidence for a future potential practice standard of infection prevention

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 December 2023

Alexander J. Sundermann*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Waleed Javaid
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York
*
Corresponding author: Alexander J. Sundermann; Email: ALS412@pitt.edu

Abstract

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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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