Real-time digital pathogen surveillance - the time is now

Genome Biol. 2015 Jul 30;16(1):155. doi: 10.1186/s13059-015-0726-x.

Abstract

It is time to shake up public health surveillance. New technologies for sequencing, aided by friction-free approaches to data sharing, could have an impact on public health efforts.

Keywords: Ebola; Real-time whole-genome sequencing; Salmonella; Surveillance.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Disease Outbreaks / prevention & control*
  • Genomics / methods*
  • Genotyping Techniques
  • Humans
  • Molecular Epidemiology / methods*
  • Population Surveillance*
  • Public Health*
  • Zoonoses / epidemiology*
  • Zoonoses / prevention & control