New strategy could describe outbreak strains rapidly

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This report, which is published online in Genome Research, demonstrates a new approach using next-generation sequencing technology to identify unique genetic properties of a potential outbreak strain quickly. High-throughput sequencing technology and the comparative genomic analysis strategy outlined in this work have significantly decreased the time required for characterization of an outbreak strain.

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