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Strengthening pathogen genomic surveillance for health emergencies: insights from the World Health Organization’s regional initiatives

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic triggered a rapid scale-up in the use of genomic surveillance as a pandemic preparedness and response tool. As a result, the number of countries with in-country SARS-CoV-2 genomic sequencing capability increased by 40 ...
Oluwatosin Wuraola Akande, Lisa L. Carter, Abdinasir Abubakar, Rachel Achilla, Amal Barakat, Nicksy Gumede, Alina Guseinova, Francis Yesurajan Inbanathan, Masaya Kato, Etien Koua, Juliana Leite, Marco Marklewitz, Jairo Mendez-Rico, Chavely Monamele, Biran Musul, Karen Nahapetyan, Dhamari Naidoo, Rachel Ochola, Mehmet Ozel, Philomena Raftery, Andrea Vicari, Pushpa Ranjan Wijesinghe, Joanna Zwetyenga, Kelly Safreed-Harmon, Céline Barnadas, Mick Mulders, Dmitriy I. Pereyaslov, Jilian A. Sacks, Taylor Warren, Sébastien Cognat, Sylvie Briand, Gina Samaan   +31 more
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Genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in Taiwan: A perspective on evolutionary data interpretation and sequencing issues

Biomedical Journal
This review presents a comprehensive perspective on the genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in Taiwan, with a focus on next-generation sequencing and phylogenetic interpretation.
Yu-Nong Gong, Nai-Yu Kuo, Ting-Syuan Yeh, Shin-Ru Shih, Guang-Wu Chen   +4 more
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Genomic surveillance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in the Philippines, 2013–2014

Western Pacific Surveillance and Response, 2021
Antimicrobial-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a major threat to public health and is of particular concern in the Western Pacific Region, where the incidence of gonorrhoea is high.
Manuel C. Jamoralin, Jr, Silvia Argimon, Marietta L. Lagrada, Alfred S. Villamin, Melissa L. Masim, June M. Gayeta, Karis D. Boehme, Agnettah M. Olorosa, Sonia B. Sia, Charmian M. Hufano, Victoria Cohen, Lara T. Hernandez, Benjamin Jeffrey, Khalil Abudahab, John Stelling, Matthew T.G. Holden, David M. Aanensen, Celia C. Carlos   +17 more
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Evaluating the usefulness of next-generation sequencing for herb authentication

Food Chemistry: Molecular Sciences, 2021
Food authentication is a rapidly growing field driven by increasing public awareness of food quality and safety. Foods containing herbs are particularly prone to industrial fraud and adulteration. Several methodologies are currently used to evaluate food
Anna Delgado-Tejedor, Pimlapas Leekitcharoenphon, Frank M. Aarestrup, Saria Otani   +3 more
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A global resource for genomic predictions of antimicrobial resistance and surveillance of Salmonella Typhi at pathogenwatch

Nature Communications, 2021
Whole genome sequencing data are increasingly becoming routinely available but generating actionable insights is challenging. Here, the authors describe Pathogenwatch, a web tool for genomic surveillance of S.
Silvia Argimón, Corin A. Yeats, Richard J. Goater, Khalil Abudahab, Benjamin Taylor, Anthony Underwood, Leonor Sánchez-Busó, Vanessa K. Wong, Zoe A. Dyson, Satheesh Nair, Se Eun Park, Florian Marks, Andrew J. Page, Jacqueline A. Keane, Stephen Baker, Kathryn E. Holt, Gordon Dougan, David M. Aanensen   +17 more
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A Potential SARS-CoV-2 Variant of Interest (VOI) Harboring Mutation E484K in the Spike Protein Was Identified within Lineage B.1.1.33 Circulating in Brazil

Viruses, 2021
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) epidemic in Brazil was dominated by two lineages designated as B.1.1.28 and B.1.1.33. The two SARS-CoV-2 variants harboring mutations at the receptor-binding domain of the Spike (S) protein,
Paola Cristina Resende, Tiago Gräf, Anna Carolina Dias Paixão, Luciana Appolinario, Renata Serrano Lopes, Ana Carolina da Fonseca Mendonça, Alice Sampaio Barreto da Rocha, Fernando Couto Motta, Lidio Gonçalves Lima Neto, Ricardo Khouri, Camila I. de Oliveira, Pedro Santos-Muccillo, João Felipe Bezerra, Dalane Loudal Florentino Teixeira, Irina Riediger, Maria do Carmo Debur, Rodrigo Ribeiro-Rodrigues, Anderson Brandao Leite, Cliomar Alves do Santos, Tatiana Schäffer Gregianini, Sandra Bianchini Fernandes, André Felipe Leal Bernardes, Andrea Cony Cavalcanti, Fábio Miyajima, Claudio Sachhi, Tirza Mattos, Cristiano Fernandes da Costa, Edson Delatorre, Gabriel L. Wallau, Felipe G. Naveca, Gonzalo Bello, Marilda Mendonça Siqueira   +31 more
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Genomic surveillance of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the Philippines, 2013–2014

Western Pacific Surveillance and Response, 2021
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) remains one of the leading causes of both nosocomial and community infections worldwide. In the Philippines, MRSA rates have remained above 50% since 2010, but resistance to other antibiotics, including ...
Melissa L. Masim, Silvia Argimon, Holly O. Espiritu, Mariane A. Magbanua, Marietta L. Lagrada, Agnettah M. Olorosa, Victoria Cohen, June M. Gayeta, Benjamin Jeffrey, Khalil Abudahab, Charmian M. Hufano, Sonia B. Sia, Matthew T.G. Holden, John Stelling, David M. Aanensen, Celia C. Carlos   +15 more
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Genomic surveillance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the Philippines, 2013-2014

Western Pacific Surveillance and Response, 2021
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen that often causes nosocomial infections resistant to treatment. Rates of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) are increasing, as are rates of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and possible extensively drug-resistant (
Jeremiah Chilam, Silvia Argimon, Marilyn T. Limas, Melissa L. Masim, June M. Gayeta, Marietta L. Lagrada, Agnettah M. Olorosa, Victoria Cohen, Lara T. Hernandez, Benjamin Jeffrey, Khalil Abudahab, Charmian M. Hufano, Sonia B. Sia, Matthew T.G. Holden, John Stelling, David M. Aanensen, Celia C. Carlos   +16 more
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Genomic surveillance of Acinetobacter baumannii in the Philippines, 2013–2014

Western Pacific Surveillance and Response, 2021
Objective: Acinetobacter baumannii is an opportunistic nosocomial pathogen that has increasingly become resistant to carbapenems worldwide. In the Philippines, rates of carbapenem resistance and multidrug resistance are above 50%.
Jeremiah Chilam, Silvia Argimon, Marilyn T Limas, Melissa L Masim, June M Gayeta, Marietta L Lagrada, Agnettah M Olorosa, Victoria Cohen, Lara T Hernandez, Benjamin Jeffrey, Khalil Abudahab, Charmian M Hufano, Sonia B Sia, Matthew TG Holden, John Stelling, David M Aanensen, Celia C Carlos   +16 more
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The Viromes of Mosquitoes from the Natural Landscapes of Western Siberia

Viruses, 2023
The metagenomic analysis of mosquitoes allows for the genetic characterization of mosquito-associated viruses in different regions of the world. This study applied a metagenomic approach to identify novel viral sequences in seven species of mosquitoes ...
Vladimir A. Ternovoi, Alexander N. Shvalov, Mikhail Yu. Kartashov, Eugenia P. Ponomareva, Natalia L. Tupota, Yuri A. Khoroshavin, Roman B. Bayandin, Anastasia V. Gladysheva, Tamara P. Mikryukova, Tatyana V. Tregubchak, Valery B. Loktev   +10 more
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