Enhanced tuberculosis outbreak investigation using whole genome sequencing and IGRA

Affiliations

• ¹ European Public Health Microbiology Training Programme (EUPHEM), European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden Dept of Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki and Turku, Finland Pieter.smit@thl.fi.
• ² Dept of Respiratory Diseases, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland Finnish Lung Health Association (FILHA), Helsinki, Finland.
• ³ Dept of Respiratory Diseases, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland.
• ⁴ Dept of Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki and Turku, Finland.
• ⁵ Dept of Infectious Diseases and Immunity, Imperial College, London, UK Centre for Immunology and Infectious Disease, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
• ⁶ Dept of Hospital Hygiene and Infection Control, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland.
• ⁷ Infection Control Unit, Welfare Division, City of Turku, Turku, Finland.
• ⁸ Dept of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland.
• ⁹ Dept of Infectious Diseases and Immunity, Imperial College, London, UK Centre for Immunology and Infectious Disease, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK National Mycobacterium Reference Laboratory, London, UK.