Tracking measles cases introduced to British Columbia during the 2010 Games
Tuesday, July 7, 2015 - 12:30
in Psychology & Sociology
The Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games brought more than just athletes to British Columbia. It also left the province with a bad case of the measles. A research team used whole-genome sequencing to track the outbreak, an approach they pioneered four years ago when analyzing TB outbreaks.