West African Leaders Push for Integrated Health Data Systems
A 2024 policy dialogue in Ghana highlighted the urgent need for integrated, digital, and One Health data systems to improve ...
Tag: Genomic surveillance
Editorial Links Climate Change and Antimicrobial Resistance in Animal Health
An editorial in Animal Diseases examines how climate change and antimicrobial resistance intersect in animal health, proposing a One Health ...
Southeast Asia’s A. baumannii genomes reveal GC2 dominance and uneven surveillance
A genomic survey of 853 Acinetobacter baumannii genomes from Southeast Asia finds the GC2 lineage dominates the region while public ...
SARS-CoV-2 spread silently across borders, defeating Iraq’s travel bans
Genomic sequencing of 535 SARS-CoV-2 samples from Duhok, Iraq, shows the Delta variant arrived three months before a targeted travel ...
First Mpox Genomes from Uruguay Reveal Multiple Introductions and Limited Spread
An analysis of Uruguay's first 17 monkeypox virus genomes indicates that the 2022 outbreak involved up to eight independent introductions ...
Genomic tool SensiTyper predicts gonorrhoea drug susceptibility and tailors treatment from whole-genome sequences
A rule-based whole-genome sequencing framework called SensiTyper accurately predicted gonococcal susceptibility to key antibiotics and generated individualized treatment recommendations across ...
Mapping the bioinformatics toolbox that tracks emerging viral outbreaks
A review in Discover Viruses compares bioinformatics pipelines for genomic surveillance across SARS-CoV-2, Ebola, mpox, avian influenza, and honeybee viruses, ...
Novel Pig Gut Spirochete Brachyspira burroughii Identified During Swine Dysentery Surveillance
Genomic and phenotypic analyses of weakly hemolytic isolates from two pig farms revealed a previously unrecognized Brachyspira species, now named ...
Artificial intelligence could reshape antimicrobial stewardship in Africa, but evidence remains early
A new commentary argues that artificial intelligence could strengthen antimicrobial stewardship across Africa, but finds most applications remain at pilot ...
East African superbug genomes reveal global clones and rare resistance plasmids
A comparative genomic analysis of 104 clinical Acinetobacter baumannii genomes shows East African isolates are dominated by global high-risk clones ...
Genomes from Ethiopia’s first Marburg outbreak reveal post-spillover human transmission
Seven near-complete Marburg virus genomes from Ethiopia's first 2025 outbreak place the lineage in the MARV.A.1 clade and indicate human-to-human ...
ICU Sinks Act as Persistent Reservoirs Exchanging Resistant Bacteria with Patients in Dutch Study
A Dutch genomic surveillance study found that ICU sink drains harbored multidrug resistant Enterobacteriaceae and showed possible two-way transmission with ...
AI Moves From Lab to Front Line of Outbreak Response, WHO Forum Hears
A WHO forum report describes how AI tools for outbreak forecasting, genomic surveillance and decision support are advancing, while experts ...
Genomic survey of Indian vancomycin-resistant E. faecium maps resistance genes and mobile elements
A whole-genome analysis of 63 Indian vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolates collected from 2017 to 2021 reveals a diverse resistome, 32 ...
Genomic Surveillance and Structural Analysis Drive Next Generation of Viral Diagnostics and Vaccines
Molecular and phylogenetic insights are essential for advancing diagnostics and vaccine development by providing high-resolution data on viral evolution and ...
Cryptic amplifier hosts: the overlooked bridge species in bat virus spillover
A new analysis argues that zoonotic emergence from bats rarely follows a direct route, instead relying on intermediate amplification hosts ...
Referral-based genomic surveillance reveals diverse resistance in central Mexico
Referral-based sequencing of 65 highly resistant E. coli and Klebsiella isolates from Aguascalientes identified diverse lineages, more than 100 resistance-gene ...
Second Recombinant Mpox Virus Merging Clades Ib and IIb Found in India
Genomic surveillance in India has identified the second known recombinant mpox virus combining Clade Ib and IIb genomes, closely matching ...
New automated tool decodes Campylobacter genome signals linked to Guillain-Barré syndrome
Researchers have developed CjejuniTyper, an automated workflow that types Campylobacter jejuni capsule and lipooligosaccharide loci from genome assemblies and flags ...
Four Carbapenemase Genes Found Coexisting in One Patient’s Lung Sample
Genomic sequencing of a single lung fluid sample from a critically ill patient in China revealed four distinct carbapenemase resistance ...
