An outbreak of tuberculosis occurred over a 3-year period in a medium-sized community in British Columbia, Canada. This community has been struggling with severe challenges of alcoholism, drug ...

“Thanks to this combination of social-network surveys and genomics, we were able for the first time to link a TB outbreak with an increase in crack cocaine use within a community,” says Brinkman.

Genomics and social network analysis team up to solve disease outbreaks Date: May 23, 2011 Source: American Society for Microbiology Summary: Combining the cutting-edge technology of whole genome ...

When Dolly McRae sees someone spit on the ground, she worries. The 72-year-old is not fussing about decorum; she's concerned about the outbreak of tuberculosis in town. Health officials don't know ...

Whole-genome data suggest that there were two concomitant outbreaks of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a community in British Columbia, Canada, according to a report in The New England Journal of ...

Local scientists supported by Genome BC have set a new standard for studying outbreaks of infectious disease by combining advanced genomics with a detailed map of the social relationships between ...

Combining the cutting-edge technology of whole genome sequencing of bacteria with social networking analysis, public health officials can get a more detailed picture of disease outbreaks that will ...