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. 2024 Nov 14;4(11):e0003762.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003762. eCollection 2024.

A consensus statement on dual purpose pathogen surveillance systems: The always on approach

Helene-Mari van der Westhuizen  1   2 , Srinidhi Soundararajan  1   3 , Tamsin Berry  1   4   5 , David Agus  1   6 , Sergio Carmona  7 , Philip Ma  8 , Jessica Davis  9 , Sarah Walker  10 , Jolynne Mokaya  11 , Stephen D Bentley  11 , Nick R Thomson  11 , John Silitoe  11 , Andrew Singer  12 , Ines Hassan  1   3 , Romina Mariano  1   3 , Megan Akodu  1   4 , Gabriel Seidman  1   6 , Nabihah Sachedina  13 , Jonathan Edgeworth  13   14 , Reshania Naidoo  10   15 , Tariro Makadzange  16 , Vladimir Choi  3 , Renuka Gadde  17 , Samuel V Scarpino  9   18 , Corinna Bull  4 , Kumeren Govender  4   10 , Belinda Ngongo  19 , Hinda Ruton  20 , Paul Pronyk  21   22 , Kate Smolina  23 , Henry Li  1   3 , Dylan Barry  24 , Sven Schaffer  25 , Vanessa Moeder  26 , George Gao  27 , Derrick Crook  10 , John Bell  1   4   10
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A consensus statement on dual purpose pathogen surveillance systems: The always on approach

Helene-Mari van der Westhuizen et al. PLOS Glob Public Health. .
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TB, JB, DC are current board members of the Global Pathogen Analysis Service Limited. DA and TM are previous board members of the Global Pathogen Analysis Service Limited. NS and JE are employed by Oxford Nanopore Technologies, where they also receive stock options. S Scarpino has options in Iliad biotechnologies. CB and KG were previously employed by the Global Pathogen Analysis Service Limited. BN is employed by Illumina Inc. where she also receives stock options. VM holds Illumina Inc stocks as a former employee. S Schaffer holds stock and stock options in Ilumina Inc and stock options in Hologic Inc. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS Global Public Health policies on sharing data and materials. HvdW, S Soundararajan, SC, PM, JD, DB, SW, JM, SB, NRT, JS, AS, IH, RM, MA, GS, RN, VC, RG, HR, PP, KS, HL and GG have no competing interests to declare. There are no patents products in development or marketed products associated with this research to declare.

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Fig 1. Guiding principles for an always on pathogen surveillance approach.
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