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Open-source genomic analysis of Shiga-toxin-producing E. coli O104:H4

  • Holger Rohde
  • , Junjie Qin
  • , Yujun Cui
  • , Dongfang Li
  • , Nicholas J. Loman
  • , Moritz Hentschke
  • , Wentong Chen
  • , Fei Pu
  • , Yangqing Peng
  • , Junhua Li
  • , Feng Xi
  • , Shenghui Li
  • , Yin Li
  • , Zhaoxi Zhang
  • , Xianwei Yang
  • , Meiru Zhao
  • , Peng Wang
  • , Yuanlin Guan
  • , Zhong Cen
  • , Xiangna Zhao
  • Martin Christner, Robin Kobbe, Sebastian Loos, Jun Oh, Liang Yang, Antoine Danchin, George F. Gao, Yajun Song, Yingrui Li, Huanming Yang, Jian Wang, Jianguo Xu, Mark J. Pallen*, Jun Wang, Martin Aepfelbacher, Ruifu Yang
*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

An outbreak caused by Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli O104:H4 occurred in Germany in May and June of 2011, with more than 3000 persons infected. Here, we report a cluster of cases associated with a single family and describe an open-source genomic analysis of an isolate from one member of the family. This analysis involved the use of rapid, bench-top DNA sequencing technology, open-source data release, and prompt crowd-sourced analyses. In less than a week, these studies revealed that the outbreak strain belonged to an enteroaggregative E. coli lineage that had acquired genes for Shiga toxin 2 and for antibiotic resistance.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)718-724
Number of pages7
JournalNew England Journal of Medicine
Volume365
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 25 Aug 2011
Externally publishedYes

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