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Harris, S., Török, M., Cartwright, E. et al. Read and assembly metrics inconsequential for clinical utility of whole-genome sequencing in mapping outbreaks. Nat Biotechnol 31, 592–594 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.2616
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