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Comment
. 2022 Sep;23(9):522-523.
doi: 10.1038/s41576-022-00500-w.

Genomic outbreak surveillance in resource-poor settings

Lillian Musila  1
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Genomic outbreak surveillance in resource-poor settings

Lillian Musila. Nat Rev Genet. 2022 Sep.

Abstract

Lillian Musila highlights a paper by Quick et al., which reported the use of portable nanopore sequencing for on-site, real-time genomic surveillance during the 2014–2016 Ebola virus epidemic.

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Conflict of interest statement

The author declares no competing interests.

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  • Real-time, portable genome sequencing for Ebola surveillance.
    Quick J, Loman NJ, Duraffour S, Simpson JT, Severi E, Cowley L, Bore JA, Koundouno R, Dudas G, Mikhail A, Ouédraogo N, Afrough B, Bah A, Baum JH, Becker-Ziaja B, Boettcher JP, Cabeza-Cabrerizo M, Camino-Sanchez A, Carter LL, Doerrbecker J, Enkirch T, Dorival IGG, Hetzelt N, Hinzmann J, Holm T, Kafetzopoulou LE, Koropogui M, Kosgey A, Kuisma E, Logue CH, Mazzarelli A, Meisel S, Mertens M, Michel J, Ngabo D, Nitzsche K, Pallash E, Patrono LV, Portmann J, Repits JG, Rickett NY, Sachse A, Singethan K, Vitoriano I, Yemanaberhan RL, Zekeng EG, Trina R, Bello A, Sall AA, Faye O, Faye O, Magassouba N, Williams CV, Amburgey V, Winona L, Davis E, Gerlach J, Washington F, Monteil V, Jourdain M, Bererd M, Camara A, Somlare H, Camara A, Gerard M, Bado G, Baillet B, Delaune D, Nebie KY, Diarra A, Savane Y, Pallawo RB, Gutierrez GJ, Milhano N, Roger I, Williams CJ, Yattara F, Lewandowski K, Taylor J, Rachwal P, Turner D, Pollakis G, Hiscox JA, Matthews DA, O'Shea MK, Johnston AM, Wilson D, Hutley E, Smit E, Di Caro A, Woelfel R, Stoecker K, Fleischmann E, Gabriel M, Weller SA, Koivogui L, Diallo B, Keita S, Rambaut A, Formenty P, Gunther S, Carroll MW. Quick J, et al. Nature. 2016 Feb 11;530(7589):228-232. doi: 10.1038/nature16996. Epub 2016 Feb 3. Nature. 2016. PMID: 26840485 Free PMC article.

References

Original article

    1. Quick J, et al. Real-time, portable genome sequencing for Ebola surveillance. Nature. 2016;530:228–232. doi: 10.1038/nature16996. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

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