title: Enhanced tuberculosis outbreak investigation using whole genome sequencing and IGRA.
authors.affiliation: 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.
authors.forename: Pieter W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Smit
authors.affiliation: Dept of Respiratory Diseases, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland Finnish Lung Health Association (FILHA), Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: Tuula
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Vasankari
authors.affiliation: Dept of Respiratory Diseases, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland.
authors.forename: Hanna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aaltonen
authors.affiliation: Dept of Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki and Turku, Finland.
authors.forename: Marjo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haanperä
authors.affiliation: 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.
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Casali
authors.affiliation: Dept of Hospital Hygiene and Infection Control, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland.
authors.forename: Harri
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Marttila
authors.affiliation: Infection Control Unit, Welfare Division, City of Turku, Turku, Finland.
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Marttila
authors.affiliation: Dept of Respiratory Diseases, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland.
authors.forename: Päivi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ojanen
authors.affiliation: Dept of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland.
authors.forename: Aino
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ruohola
authors.affiliation: Dept of Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki and Turku, Finland.
authors.forename: Petri
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ruutu
authors.affiliation: 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.
authors.forename: Francis
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Drobniewski
authors.affiliation: Dept of Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki and Turku, Finland.
authors.forename: Outi
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Lyytikäinen
authors.affiliation: Dept of Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki and Turku, Finland.
authors.forename: Hanna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Soini
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016358:Contact Tracing; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland / Q000453:epidemiology; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000379:methods*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000628:therapy; D055815:Young Adult