An integrated One Health initiative for pathogen genomic surveillance in the UK

Affiliations

¹ Virology Department, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Woodham Lane, Addlestone, UK.
² Fera Science Ltd, York Biotech Campus, York, UK.
³ Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Weymouth, UK.
⁴ Forest Research, Alice Holt Lodge, Wrecclesham, Farnham, UK.
⁵ Department of Surveillance and Laboratory Services, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Addlestone, UK.
⁶ The Pirbright Institute, Ash Road, Pirbright, Woking, UK.
⁷ Department of Pathobiology and Population Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, London, UK.
⁸ Forest Research, Northern Research Station, Roslin, Midlothian, EH25 9SY, UK.
⁹ Department of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
¹⁰ Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, London, UK.
¹¹ Forest Research, Foss House, York, UK.

Editorial

Yogesh K Gupta et al. Microb Genom. 2025 Nov.

. 2025 Nov;11(11):001539.

doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.001539.

¹ Virology Department, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Woodham Lane, Addlestone, UK.
² Fera Science Ltd, York Biotech Campus, York, UK.
³ Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Weymouth, UK.
⁴ Forest Research, Alice Holt Lodge, Wrecclesham, Farnham, UK.
⁵ Department of Surveillance and Laboratory Services, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Addlestone, UK.
⁶ The Pirbright Institute, Ash Road, Pirbright, Woking, UK.
⁷ Department of Pathobiology and Population Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, London, UK.
⁸ Forest Research, Northern Research Station, Roslin, Midlothian, EH25 9SY, UK.
⁹ Department of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
¹⁰ Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, London, UK.
¹¹ Forest Research, Foss House, York, UK.

No abstract available

Keywords: One Health; biosecurity; epidemiology; genomics; pathogenomics; surveillance.

Conflict of interest statement

All authors declare no conflicting interests.

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